Swedish skier forced to race with one ski after disastrous Olympic crash that cost gold medal

Skiing evidently becomes much harder without the actual skis. Sweden blew its chance to win gold in the women’s 4 X 7.5km relay on Saturday when Ebba Andersson fell hard and was forced to race with ...

Sweden’s women overwhelm Olympic cross-country field with seven of nine medals so far

VAL DI FIEMME, Italy (AP) — Sweden’s women are showcasing their dominance on the Olympic cross-country trails of northern Italy. With Frida Karlsson’s gold-medal performance on Thursday, the Swedes ...

Medals are also good for sharing, Norwegian and Swedish Alpine ski rivals agree

Sweden and Norway are old and great rivals on snow and ice but, as Sara Hector and Thea Louise Stjernesund showed at the ...
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This Swedish ski resort has an airport, Olympic champions and guaranteed snow – but no tourists

With a new airport and lifts planned, this remote Swedish outpost is set to feel far closer - Scandphoto / Alamy Stock Photo Standing atop Hemavan’s highest point at 1,135m and looking east, you can ...

Hailed as a pioneer, Swedish transgender skier at Winter Olympics just wants to focus on sport

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Some saw it as a ground-breaking moment for transgender athletes when freestyle skier Elis Lundholm ...
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Cross-country skiing-Sweden win gold as Norway’s lead melts away in women’s relay

TRONDHEIM, Norway, March 7 (Reuters) - Sweden clinched gold in the women’s relay at the Nordic World Ski Championships on Friday as Norway squandered a massive lead before the final exchange and ...