The steps were heavy and the look was empty. Sebastian Samuelsson repeated the same words again and again in the interview zone among almost 20,000 screaming biathlon fans in the Olympic Arena in Antholz. – It was a terrible experience. That which bA good start for the Swedish biathletes at the Olympics in Italy began with a nightmare for one of the sport’s biggest stars. Sebastian Samuelsson stood out as first in the mixed relay and started well. But nothing worked at all when shooting standing. There were barriers, bone scars and two penalties – and the day was ruined.…
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Ahead of the men’s Olympic debut, Sunday’s skiathlon race (10 kilometers classic style, followed by 10 kilometers freestyle), perhaps the most talked about were two other Swedish skiers: Edvin Anger and William Poromaa. But after double pole breaks at Anger and a Poromaa who unexpectedly fell a lot on his classic skis, the blue and yellow hope lay with a man from Bollnäs. The 24-year-old was used as a reserve in the Swedish relay team that took bronze at last year’s World Championships, but in the World Cup he was at best 11th in an individual race. Now he calls…
The Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots meet in the final at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. The show is one of the most watched in the US – last year it was watched by almost 124 million viewers. Half a minute of advertising exposure can cost SEK 80 million and the world’s biggest artists compete to appear in the extremely lavish half-time show. This year Bad Bunny is making an appearance. The Puerto Rican is already making Super Bowl history before the show as he is the first solo artist and headliner to sing primarily in Spanish.…
Many of those who book an icebreaker tour in northern Sweden have never seen or experienced snow and ice before. Photo: Erik Simander Båtskärnäs. A family with children from Perth, Australia swings between the ice floes in the Kalix Archipelago. Christopher Neale, Ha Truong and daughter Alice Neale trade heat for cold on vacation and are among a growing number of tourists paying for experiences in snow and ice. See the report: Alice, 7, swims between ice floes – covered 1,300 miles Photo: Veronika Ljung-Nielsen Gothenburg. The doll in the hospital bed is not feeling well and Emilia has to…
After several days In snowy and cloudy weather, the sun shone over the dramatic mountains of Cortina d’Ampezzo as it came time for the big talking point in the run-up to the Winter Olympics. The women’s steeplechase would ultimately be decided after a fight that was dominated by the fact that world star Lindey Vonn would compete despite her cruciate ligament injury. “There couldn’t be better conditions for downhill skiing,” said SVT expert Pernilla Wiberg before the competition, simultaneously pointing Vonn to the podium. Image 1 of 2 Shocked crowd witnessing the accident in Cortina. Photo: Robert F. Bukaty/AP Image…
– She was about to take another flag, but missed the stick, so we threw ours forward. It was bigger, says Christian Vikman. With his brother Rasmus Cederlöf and his father Roger Cederlöf they came to Italy to watch the Olympic competitions. Image 1 of 2 Christian Vikman and father Roger Cederlöf handed over the flag to Frida Karlsson. When they got it back there was a greeting included. Photo: Private Image 2 of 2 Frida Karlsson’s greeting to the supporters who gave her the flag. Photo: Private. Frida Karlsson carried her flag across the finish line. It was the…
Tagged with home Olympics? So… The vast majority of athletes dream of hosting the Olympic Games in their own country. Italian biathlon star Tomasso Giacomel, second in the overall World Cup, seemed to prefer being there everywhere – except in the Sütirol Arena in Antholz, where he passed interview microphones and stretched out tapes after training on Sunday before the mixed relay. release me the 25-year-old hissed to an official at the scene, and when asked what it was like to be at the Olympics back home in Italy, most of it was…boring. – I have to say that it’s…
The startup Reselo’s product is a biorubber that neither destroys rainforests nor requires petroleum. It is made from birch bark, a residual product from forestry. After several years of collaboration, Reselo and Nokian can now present the result of their joint venture: a new concept tire whose tread is partly made of a renewable material made from Swedish birch bark. An important milestone for five-year-old Reselo. “This is incredible and means a lot to us as a company,” says Josefin Larsson. The concept deck is called Betula – the scientific generic name for birch – and is made from 93…
This is a joke. The author is responsible for the opinions expressed in the text. Considering how many times grown men have peed in their lives, we’re surprisingly bad at it. Let’s take a 56-year-old housekeeper as an example: if she’s a normal person (which he hopes), she’s had about 125,000 opportunities to practice. But anyone who uses or cleans a public toilet knows that it reeks of incompetence. So – and if I ever wrote a true sentence, it would be this: Men need help. The crux of the matter is that we prefer to get help without it…
You could say that Billy Bragg, the protest singer from Barking, north-east London, has a very even temperament. He is always angry. There are of course many good reasons for this. In his new song “City of Heroes,” released around the same time as Bruce Springsteen’s more popular “Streets of Minneapolis,” Bragg addresses the murders of Renée Good and Alex Pretti as well as citizens’ reaction to the presence of ICE on American streets. The song starts with an allusion to a German priest whose ghost is said to haunt history: “The ghost of Martin Niemöller/haunts the halls of history,”…
The nearly identical paintings hang in the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Royal Palace in Turin. The artwork depicts Saint Francis of Assisi with wounds similar to those suffered by Jesus during the crucifixion (stigmata). The paintings are unsigned, but are still among only about ten works that experts reasonably unanimously claim were definitely created by van Eyck, the artist born in the 1390s in what is now the Netherlands. This assessment may now change after the works were reviewed using a new AI-based analysis method, The Guardian reports. The Swiss company Art Recognition, together with the University of…
The article in brief. ● Financial regulators will step up their work against fraud and crime in 2026. ● Banks’ new security measures have reduced fraud, but problems remain. ● Investment fraud causes large losses and the authority wants to stop fraudulent actors at an early stage. The new general director of financial inspections wants to take action against the criminal economy. In 2026, the authority will treat the issue as a priority and, among other things, tighten supervision in money laundering and fraud matters. – It is very clear that it has become a very big problem in Sweden.…
The Minnesota girl’s story was already pretty amazing when she retired from the Alpine Circus in 2019. Things became even more remarkable when, at the age of 40, she decided to make a comeback after a six-year absence with a right knee replacement. Then she silenced the doubters and became world champion again, her childhood coach and career mentor Erich Sailer died at the age of 99, and then, just when everything seemed to be on track for the Olympics, she falls and tears the cruciate ligament in her left knee. About Lindsey Vonn If they win gold in the…
– There was a huge staff holding the medal in its pendant. After some back and forth we left this small section as it was impossible to get up (out of the snow under a sign). Ebba Andersson doesn’t want to say that the Olympic medals are of poor quality, but laughs as he notes: – I don’t know if the medal is designed to be hung around your neck while running half the race, and also at Frida Karlsson’s pace. – I was a bit too stupid to follow her. Speaking of consequences: What do you say about the…
For the ski elite who ski under the Fischer brand, yellow skis have been the norm for several years. There are exceptions. Frida Karlsson can’t let go of her favorite, the black pair of classic skis. These were the skis she wore in the first half of the gold race at the Olympics. At the international press conference she described the skis. – It’s my golden couple. I think I’ve had these skis for ten years. I got them before I was well again. It’s really strange, but when there’s a championship they always want to be there. It felt…
To understand what Frida Karlsson is talking about, you have to know about video games. Bowser is Mario’s nemesis in Nintendo’s Super Mario. Her physical therapist played the game’s signature tune on the piano the night before. That seems to have made her tick. You also have to understand how Frida Karlsson started this ski season. She wrote a passionate speech on Instagram about getting back into the game, relying more on gut feeling when training and relying less on various training apps. Before the Olympic Games, she spoke of competitions as a game and of the Olympics as “the…
Swedish national team manager Anders Byström gets hoarse as he arrives at the mixed zone in Fiemme Valley after the women’s skiathlon, where Frida Karlsson dominated and Ebba Andersson was just behind. – This is huge. An Olympics and a double victory, which in my opinion is also a big turnout – considering the time. Nobody else has a chance and that’s big, he says after the race. At the turn of the year, Frida Karlsson had a difficult time at the Tour de Ski in the World Cup. She had foot problems and dropped out of the race before…
This is a review. The author is responsible for the opinions in the text. Picture novel Caroline Merola “My and the Beast” Trans. Maya Joyce Opal book publisher, ages six and up The graphic novel is becoming increasingly popular among children’s readers. August winner Fabian Göranson, acclaimed author Maja Lunde and Norwegian fixture Nora Dåsnes are just a few of those who have explored and developed the genre in recent years. This audience also includes the award-winning Canadian Caroline Merola. She made her debut as a cartoonist in 1986 and has now been translated into Swedish by Maja Joyce. “Mina…
This is a review. The author is responsible for the opinions in the text. Picture book Anne Derenne “Huller about the noise in the savannah” Trans. Caroline Bruce Alphabet, ages three and up The fact that the story of the book does not exist without the reader is a statement that, not least, makes the child as an audience an important person when reading aloud. The child has to be there, otherwise the story won’t tell much. The picture book in particular picks up on this and makes it part of the plot. David Sundin’s “The Book That Didn’t Want…
At the end of 2024, Volvo Cars announced that it would be discontinuing its prestigious car sharing investment, Volvo On Demand. And by mid-January the cars were a thing of the past. As a result, 600 cars disappeared in Stockholm alone, 400 of which were electric cars. During the year, Aimo Share also switched to private leasing, Ezeto closed its operations and GoMore gave up its own commercial fleet. Overall, this means that the number of shared cars in fixed carpools has fallen by 23 percent, from 1,512 cars to 1,166. At the same time, private car sharing increased, with…