Tag: Charlotte Kalla

  • Charlotte Kalla

    Charlotte Kalla

    Charlotte Kalla learned to ski as a seven-year-old. During 15 years in the world elite, she has collected 22 championship medals, of which three golds in the Olympics and WC, received the Bragdguldet and Jerring Prize and been awarded an Honorary Doctor at Luleå University of Technology. She retired last winter. Charlotte Kalla about her…

  • This year’s Summer Hosts are presented

    This year’s Summer Hosts are presented

    JUNE June 25 Pär Lernström, host June 26 Lena Philipsson, artist June 27 Diamant Salihu, journalist, author June 28 Emma Hamberg, author June 29 Gudrun Persson, Russia expert June 30 Camilla Hamid, influencer, cookbook author, home economics teacher JULY July 1 Edvin Ryding, actor July 2 Christian von Koenigsegg, CEO, founder of the sports car…

  • Norway’s Johaug wins first gold in Winter Olympics in Beijing 2022 (updated)

    CHONGLI, Zhangjiakou, February 5 (Xinhua) – Norway’s Therese Johaug won first gold at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics at the National Cross-Country Skiing Center this Saturday. Johaug, Vancouver 2010 Olympic relay gold medalist, finished in 44 minutes and 13.7 seconds. The reigning world champion, who missed PyeongChang 2018 due to doping suspension, won his very…

  • Norway’s Johaug wins first gold in the Winter Olympics in Beijing 2022

    CHONGLI, Zhangjiakou, February 5 (Xinhua) – Norway’s Therese Johaug won first gold at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics at the National Cross-Country Skiing Center this Saturday. Johaug, Vancouver 2010 Olympic gold medalist, finished with 44 minutes 13.7 seconds. The reigning world champion, who missed PyeongChang 2018 due to doping suspension, won his very first individual…

  • China seeks breakthrough in cross-country skiing

    by Sportswriters Sun Zhe, Huang Haoran CHONGLI, CHINA, JANUARY 28 (Xinhua) – When China unveils a 12-member cross-country team for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics on Thursday, eyes on whether China can make a breakthrough in such a long term are a weakness. Dinigeer Yilamujiang, 21, is the most notable name in the women’s team…

  • Kalla and Halfvarsson are missing in the first Olympic squad

    Kalla and Halfvarsson are missing in the first Olympic squad

    The Swedish Olympic Committee, SOK, today presented the first selected Swedes for the Winter Olympics in Beijing. Cross-country skiers Frida Karlsson, Linn Svahn, Ebba Andersson, Jonna Sundling, Jens Burman and Oskar Svensson are selected together with four relay teams. It is noteworthy that veterans Charlotte Kalla and Calle Halfvarsson are currently missing, but more skiers…

  • Called message: Bets on the Olympics in Beijing

    Called message: Bets on the Olympics in Beijing

    Ski star Charlotte Kalla has decided to continue betting on the Olympics in Beijing next year. “I feel a lot of motivation. I do not feel finished exploring how good I can become,” she said in a press release. Now a little rest is expected in the coming weeks before the pre-season starts in May.

  • Swedish Championship gold to Ebba Andersson – Karlsson broke

    Swedish Championship gold to Ebba Andersson – Karlsson broke

    Ebba Andersson was superior in the Swedish Championship three-mile freestyle in Kalix. In the last race of the season, the 23-year-old won, two minutes before second place Jonna Sundling. Charlotte Kalla was another minute after second Sundling and finished in the bronze place. For Frida Karlsson, it was a sad end to the season when…

  • Kalla, Karlsson and Svahn compete this weekend

    Kalla, Karlsson and Svahn compete this weekend

    Already this weekend, the World Cup final in Swiss Engadin awaits the cross-country skiers, since the World Cup ended yesterday. And for Radiosporten, national team manager Anders Byström could tell that Charlotte Kalla, Frida Karlsson and Linn Svahn are all in the squad, a few hours before it was presented. Kalla had a heavy relay…

  • Drama when Frida Karlsson took World Cup bronze

    Drama when Frida Karlsson took World Cup bronze

    Frida Karlsson took the World Cup bronze in the three-mile, her third medal in the World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf. The race was very dramatic where Frida Karlsson, Ebba Andersson and Heidi Weng collided with each other on a downhill with a mile left to go. In the case, Frida Karlsson injured her arm and…

  • Guide: Medal hopes for the ladies’ three miles

    Guide: Medal hopes for the ladies’ three miles

    After the ladies’ miscalculation in the relay at the World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany, it is time for the three miles on Saturday. It is Ebba Andersson, Frida Karlsson, Charlotte Kalla and Emma Ribom who gain the trust after Linn Svahn is stopped due to illness. “We should definitely have medal hopes, I think…

  • Cold continues to gain confidence – Svahn awkward

    Cold continues to gain confidence – Svahn awkward

    After the ladies’ miscalculation in the relay at the World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany, it is now time for three miles on Saturday. The four riders who are selected are Ebba Andersson, Frida Karlsson, Charlotte Kalla and Emma Ribom. The women’s national team coach Magnus Ingesson says that Kalla’s contribution to the relay has…

  • Call before the World Cup relay: “A cool task”

    Call before the World Cup relay: “A cool task”

    Charlotte Kalla runs the second leg when the Swedish team will try to defend the World Cup gold in the relay from 2019. “We have never had such a strong women’s team. It was not at all obvious that it was the four of us who would be allowed to drive. It is a cool…

  • Sundling takes place in the relay team

    Sundling takes place in the relay team

    Now it is clear which four ladies will run the relay on Thursday for Sweden at the World Ski Championships. It will be Jonna Sundling on the first leg, Charlotte Kalla on the second, third driver Ebba Andersson and then Frida Karlsson finishes. Double gold medalist Jonna Sundling thus takes the last place in the…

  • Sweden won two new medals in the World Ski Championships

    Sweden won two new medals in the World Ski Championships

    In today’s 10 kilometers, no one could beat the incredible Norwegian Therese Johaug, who won superiorly, 54 seconds ahead of second place Frida Karlsson. The bronze also went to Sweden and Ebba Andersson, which makes the podium look just like last time in the Skiathlon a few days ago. Charlotte Kalla took a nice sixth…

  • Frida Karlsson’s tactics: “Gunpowder left in the last long hill”

    Frida Karlsson’s tactics: “Gunpowder left in the last long hill”

    Radiosporten had a chat with all four Swedes just over an hour before the distance race in the World Ski Championships over 10 km freestyle. “I have received good receipts for the last race. Right now I am very charged, it will be fun today. I should feel that I have some gunpowder left in…

  • Dahlqvist and Kalla drive the World Cup mile – Svahn outside the team

    Dahlqvist and Kalla drive the World Cup mile – Svahn outside the team

    There will be no freestyle race over 10 kilometers on Tuesday for Linn Svahn at the WC in Oberstdorf. Many had thought that after the failure in the sprint she would get a chance for revenge and give a form message before a possible relay race. But now it will instead be fresh World Cup…

  • Double Swedish on the podium – Johaug superior

    Double Swedish on the podium – Johaug superior

    It was silver for Frida Karlsson in skithlon at the WC in Oberstdorf and Ebba Andersson won the bronze and thus took her first individual WC medal. Therese Johaug was, as so many times before, superior and won, even though she collided with Frida Karlsson and fell early in the race. Charlotte Kalla who was…

  • Follow the ladies’ World Cup skiathlon

    Follow the ladies’ World Cup skiathlon

    The Swedish skiathlon team consists of Frida Karlsson, Ebba Andersson, Charlotte Kalla and Emma Ribom. The competition starts at 11.45 in Oberstdorf in Germany. Radiosporten covers the entire ski world cup.

  • Charlotte Kalla gets to run the skiathlon

    Charlotte Kalla gets to run the skiathlon

    Charlotte Kalla has been selected as one of four Swedish women skiers for Saturday’s skiathlon in the WC in Oberstdorf. In addition to Kalla, Emma Ribom and the big medal jumps Ebba Andersson and Frida Karlsson compete. Kalla has had a difficult season with both covid-19 and back problems and was a question mark before…

  • Charlotte Kalla joins the Swedish World Cup squad

    Charlotte Kalla joins the Swedish World Cup squad

    With two weeks left until the World Cup in cross-country skiing, the Swedish team has been presented. Charlotte Kalla is there after being a question mark before the selection with back problems and covid-19 in the luggage this season. “We have been thinking about whether she can reach the level we hope for and we…

  • Comeback for Kalla – competes in Lahti this weekend

    Comeback for Kalla – competes in Lahti this weekend

    The Swedish Ski Association announced today that Charlotte Kalla is part of the Swedish World Cup squad that will compete in Finnish Lahti this weekend. It will be the 33-year-old’s first international competition of the season, when she was hit by covid-19 in November and has since been looking for form. However, she has competed…

  • Call on the way back: “Very easy training”

    Call on the way back: “Very easy training”

    Swedish ski star Charlotte Kalla is on her way back after testing positive for covid-19 two weeks ago. Kalla, who still misses the world cup premiere in Ruka, Finland, is in the process of light training, and the next possible World Cup start is Davos’ weekend 12-13 December. “I have made a plan for Charlotte…

  • Cold isolated – shows symptoms of covid-19

    Cold isolated – shows symptoms of covid-19

    Charlotte Kalla shows symptoms of covid-19 according to a press release from the ski association. The star had cold symptoms, headaches and a slight fever on Monday and has since been isolated waiting for test results. The national team gathers tomorrow, Wednesday, in Bruksvallarna for a camp, but it will be without Charlotte Kalla. “I…

  • The cross-country legend has passed away – won a historic Olympic medal

    The cross-country legend has passed away – won a historic Olympic medal

    Sweden’s first female length medalist at the Olympics, Sonja Edström-Ruthström, has passed away at the age of 89, writes SVT. She was the first Swede to win a medal when she won a bronze at the Olympics in Cortina d’Ampezzo in 1956, on the distance of 10 kilometers. Listen to the sound when Radiosporten met…