Tove Alexandersson fell in the final stretch and hurt herself. But the star got back up quickly - and secured Swedish relay gold at the European Orienteering Championships in Lithuania. “I fell and hit my chest. I couldn’t breathe and my legs went numb,” Alexandersson says on SVT.
SportsAfter a year focusing on trail running, Tove Alexandersson was back in the orienteering woods. And took the European Championship gold in the long distance in Lithuania. "I'm super happy," she says in the victory interview.
SportsNorwegian trail runner Ida Amelie Robsahm died this weekend in a fall in the Norwegian mountains. "I have no words. We will always remember you and miss you, Ida!", writes Swedish colleague Tove Alexandersson on Instagram.
SportsOrienteering star Tove Alexandersson will run in the European Championships in Lithuania later this month. The Swedish national team can thank a stomach ache for that.
SportsLittle brother defeated big brother. Viktor Svensk, 25, won the O-Ringen in Gothenburg ahead of the previous two years' winner, Emil Svensk, 33.
SportsJonna Sundling wins the Jerring Prize. The ski star received the most votes in a contest against the football team Mjällby. "I'm very overwhelmed to receive one of the finest awards in Sweden," she says.
SportsOrienteering star Tove Alexandersson has decided to skip the World Championships this summer. She said so in an interview with Trailrunning Sweden, SVT reports.
SportsRussian and Belarusian citizens are allowed to compete under certain circumstances at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics. Now a third athlete from Russia has been given the green light to participate, the International Olympic Committee announced.
SportsThirteen candidates have become eight. Last year's winner Truls Möregårdh, ski queen Jonna Sundling and the successful team Mjällby are some who are still in the fight for the Jerring Prize.
SportsOrienteering star Tove Alexandersson may get another chance at the Winter Olympics – in trail running. But the decision won't be made until this summer.
SportsIt was all about the World Cup ski mountaineering competition in Solitude. But things didn't work out all the way in the mixed relay for Tove Alexandersson and Jerker Lysell. The duo therefore has no chance at the Olympics.
SportsSix World Cup gold medals out of six possible in Norwegian ski tracks. Then the women's cross-country team can be awarded a unique Bragdguld. It would have been really powerful to share it, says Frida Karlsson, who took World Cup gold in the 5km.
SportsThe last time a football team won the Jerring Prize was the men's national team after winning bronze at the World Cup in 1994. Now Mjällby has a chance for the Allsvenskan gold medal - despite the fact that the prize's statutes stipulate that the achievement must have been made against international opposition.
SportsMjällby's Swedish Championship gold medal became world news – now the Swedish championship team can be named Team of the Year at the Sports Awards.
SportsTove Alexandersson chose to opt out of the orienteering World Cup finals. Instead, she took the opportunity to take a superior VM gold – in mountain running. "I'm really super satisfied", she says.
SportsTove Alexandersson was on her way to victory in the brutal mountain run Canfranc marathon. Then disaster struck, leaving her bloody and in need of ambulance care.
SportsShe has several World Championship and European Championship gold medals on her merit list, but has not run for the orienteering national team since 2018. Now Helena Bergman (formerly Jansson) makes a comeback in the blue and yellow jersey – the 39-year-old is selected for the sprint European Championship in Belgium.
SportsSwedish orienteering star Tove Alexandersson is abstaining from the European Championship, according to Radiosporten. The 32-year-old, who has taken 17 European Championship medals, instead wants to focus on her effort in ski mountaineering, new Olympic Games discipline in Milan and Cortina next year.
SportsTove Alexandersson did not manage to catch up with the Swiss Simona Aebersold when O-ringen in Jönköping was decided with a pursuit start. This was the first time that Tove Alexandersson, Stora Tuna, lost an O-ringen as a senior.
SportsJust like during the World Championship's long distance, Tove Alexandersson had to see herself beaten by the Swiss Simona Aebersold when O-Ringen started just outside Jönköping on Monday.
SportsTove Alexandersson equaled the Swiss legend Simone Niggli in the number of World Championship gold medals when Sweden won the women's relay on the final day of the World Championship in Kuopio, Finland. It actually does not mean that much, she says to SVT. In the men's relay, Sweden was disqualified and missed a medal.
SportsMartin Regborn took silver in the long distance at the World Championship in orienteering in Kuopio. It is among the most exhausting things I have done, said the medalist to SVT.
SportsTove Alexandersson was on her way to yet another gold in the World Championship in orienteering in Kuopio, Finland. Instead, the Swedish star made two costly mistakes in the end and finished in second place in the long distance. I am so terribly disappointed with myself, says Alexandersson to SVT.
SportsSweden had to manage without the big star Tove Alexandersson. Then the blue and yellow first team had to settle for a sixth place in the World Cup relay in orienteering in Idre. It went better for the men – where it became a double Sweden at the top.
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