Beijing time on January 29th, although more than half of the athletes in the Swedish Winter Olympics sports delegation are appearing on the stage of the Winter Olympics for the first time, Olympic officials of the Swedish team hope that their athletes will be able to participate in the 2022 Beijing Winter Games. The Olympics won a record number of medals.
The number of the Swedish team reached 116, they will participate in 13 events, which is the strongest lineup sent by the Swedish Winter Olympics sports delegation in the history of the Winter Olympics. “Our aim is to have the strongest Winter Olympics ever in Sweden,” said Peter Reinebo, chief executive of the Swedish Olympic Committee. It’s hard to compare these results, but the team we sent to Beijing was slightly stronger than the team that went to the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.”
At the Sochi Winter Olympics, Swedish athletes won 15 medals, but only two were gold. Four years ago at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, Sweden returned with seven gold medals in women’s curling, alpine skiing, biathlon and cross-country.
Stina Nelson won the individual sprint gold medal in cross-country two years ago, but he crossed over to compete in biathlon two years ago. In addition, cross-country skier Charlotte Karla is one of four Sweden’s team members participating in the Winter Olympics for the fourth time.
Karla, who has won gold at the last three Olympics and a total of nine Winter Olympics medals in her career, puts her on par with Sweden’s all-time great Olympian, her compatriot cross-country skier Sixten – Jenberger tied with shooter Alfred Swahn.
In alpine skiing, Sarah Hector has taken her third giant slalom victory of the season in her final race before the Olympics, and she is sure to head to Beijing with confidence for her first Winter Olympics .
In addition, the Swedish winter sports delegation has high hopes for speed skater Nils van der Poel, who set a new world record in the 5,000m in December. Van der Poel was a star athlete at the inaugural Youth Winter Olympics in 2012, and he also competed at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
Meanwhile, Swedish mixed curlers Oscar Eriksen and Armida de Waal are also first-time Winter Olympic athletes. They will usher in their own Winter Olympics opener on February 2 with the British team.
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