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We asked the following questions to nine Swedish sports profiles:
1) What were your expectations for 2020 before the crown bud?
2) How was the year for you?
3) What do you expect in 2021?
+ Charlotte Kalla, ski star:
1) “In order to continue working systematically towards my goals and I think I have had to.”
2) “It has been good to stop and think many times, about why you do things. It has been very instructive that way, that you have challenged patience and you really had to be here and now.”
3) “I expect a lot of joy and laughter.”
+ Karin Torneklint, National Athletics Captain:
1) “Very high. We had to wait for both the European Championship and the Olympic Games. I thought I would have a lot to do and that it would be my last year as captain of the national team.”
2) “Nothing turned out as planned. But I am still very impressed by the asset and all the leaders, who have found the motivation and who have struggled. During the summer we managed to complete the GP series, thanks to so many officers and” Leaders who have fought to be able to organize competitions safe from the crown. At the same time, assets have performed at a really high level, we can see that in the statistics. “
3) “That it will be normal again, so that we can compete. We long for that.”
+ Anna Hasselborg, Olympic gold medalist in curling:
1) “The expectations were to play the World Cup and do it in Canada. It would be a lot of fun.”
2) “The sports year was special, but at least we managed to win three competitions before everything was closed. For my part, 2020 was fantastic, because in June I had a daughter ”.
3) “A vaccine and a safe return to normal life. And to be able to compete again”.
+ Bosse Andersson, Djurgården Football Sports Director:
1) “I was hoping to have a really exciting year, with a lot of football parties. We entered the Allsvenskan as reigning champions and we would also play the European Cup.”
2) “Everything turned out to be something completely different from what we had imagined. Who would have thought that we would play a whole Allsvenskan, and the matches in Europe, completely without an audience? They have been really difficult conditions for us without an audience, because never” It happened that you played a whole season without the fans in the stands. In fact, you’ve been feeling a bit lonely. “
3) “I hope it returns to normal, that we can play football with an audience in normal conditions. In the last round of 2019 we played in front of crowded stands against IFK Norrköping, when we won the gold of the Swedish Championship, and that’s something. that I hope in 2021 “.
+ Linnea Stensils, seven Olympians in canoe:
1) “I had very high expectations. I was in the shape of my life and I was looking forward to the Olympics.”
2) “The year was good and bad. Bad because everything went the way it was, but also good because I think I managed to turn this situation into something positive.”
3) “That we can compete again on equal terms.”
+ Hanna Öberg, Olympic gold medalist in biathlon:
1) “It was to compete.”
2) “I am grateful that we were able to do it, not only for our own sake, that we were allowed to practice our profession, but also that we were able to enlighten people at home on the TV sofas.”
3) “It’s that we get a vaccine so we can get back to normal again. So I think that many people learned from the pandemic and they take certain things like hygiene and staying home when you are sick.
+ Elvira Öberg, biathlon talent:
1) “I wanted to go to the World Cup, do well and feel like I can do myself justice there.”
2) “I think I have been successful in that as well. Within the team we have also established clear guidelines, so we have been well prepared to make it different. I have felt very safe all the time.”
3) “Hopefully we can avoid the pandemic. It’s much more fun to celebrate at the finish line if they give you a hug. Otherwise we will continue as we started this season.”
+ Andreas Kramer, silver medalist of the European Championship in 800 meters:
1) “My expectations were on the Olympics. My whole focus was on the Olympics, really like it does now too, and I put my entire season into being my best at the Olympics.”
2) “The year was still relatively good, I must say. In terms of results, I performed better than ever, with a Swedish record of 800 meters. But of course it was boring with all the competitions canceled, and different for us to compete without. audience “.
3) “I have to answer that I am looking forward to the Olympics.”
+ Alex Kessidis, World Cup silver medalist in wrestling:
1) “My expectations? Winning Olympic gold.”
2) “It turned out very differently. There were almost no competitions, and there really was no Olympic gold.”
3) “I hope the virus settles, so that in its place it can be an Olympic gold in 2021.”
+ Caroline Seger, soccer star:
1) “That it would be a fantastic football year, winning the Swedish Championship with Rosengård and taking the first championship gold with Sweden.”
2) “As for many others, it became very complicated. It has been a strange year, we did not get any gold in the Swedish Championship or the Olympic Games.”
3) “I hope that 2021 is a year without a crown, that people return to the new normal, whatever it is. That we can go back to playing football with an audience, that football can live its full life and that it be the Games Olympic “.
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Linnea Stensils was in the shape of her life when the Olympics were postponed. Stock Photography. Photo: Tobias Röstlund / TT
Alex Kessidis is looking forward to next year’s Olympics. Stock Photography. Photo: Claudio Bresciani / TT
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