Tag: Frida Karlsson

  • Right now: Frida Karlsson is chasing overall victory in the Tour de Ski

    Right now: Frida Karlsson is chasing overall victory in the Tour de Ski

    Listen to Radiosport Extra broadcast from Val die Fiemme in Italy Karlsson has a good starting position before the last race. The tour concludes with a mass start up the fabled steep hill of Alpe Cermis.

  • Russia responds to unacceptable Swedish boycott threats

    Swedish skiers have said they will avoid tournaments if Russians are allowed to participate Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin has said that any calls for a boycott of tournaments where Russian athletes are allowed to compete are “discriminatory and unacceptable”. In comments published on MondaySwedish cross-country skiers Linn Svahn and Maja Dahlqvist said they would…

  • Russia responds to “unacceptable” Swedish boycott threat

    Russia responds to “unacceptable” Swedish boycott threat

    Swedish skiers have said they will avoid tournaments if Russians are allowed to participate Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin has said that any calls for a boycott of tournaments where Russian athletes are allowed to compete are “discriminatory and unacceptable.” In comments published on MondaySwedish cross-country skiers Linn Svahn and Maja Dahlqvist said they would…

  • Russia reacts to “unacceptable” Swedish threat

    Russia reacts to “unacceptable” Swedish threat

    Swedish skiers have said they will boycott tournaments if Russians are allowed to participate Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin has said that any calls for a boycott of tournaments where Russian athletes are allowed to compete are “discriminatory and unacceptable.” In comments published on MondaySwedish cross-country skiers Linn Svahn and Maja Dahlqvist said they would…

  • Russia responds to unacceptable Swedish threats

    Russia responds to unacceptable Swedish threats

    Swedish skiers have said they will boycott tournaments if Russians are allowed to participate Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin has said that any calls for a boycott of tournaments where Russian athletes are allowed to compete are “discriminatory and unacceptable”. In comments published on MondaySwedish cross-country skiers Linn Svahn and Maja Dahlqvist said they would…

  • Winter Olympics too cold, athletes claim

    Winter Olympics too cold, athletes claim

    A number of athletes at the Beijing Olympics have complained that the food is inappropriate and that the events are too cold, according to reports With the Beijing Games now in full swing and the first round of events well and truly underway, it has not taken much for a number of athletes in the…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Frida Karlsson: “Is completely ridiculous”

    Frida Karlsson: “Is completely ridiculous”

    The issue of the ladies being allowed to compete at the same distances as the men in the Olympics, the World Cup and the World Cup will be raised at the International Ski Federation’s general meeting at the end of May. Swedish ski star Frida Karlsson is positive about the step, at the same time…

  • Ebba Andersson superior again

    Ebba Andersson superior again

    Ebba Andersson ends the season at high speed and also won today’s 15-kilometer race in classic style in the national ski race in Falun – 25.3 seconds ahead of runner-up Frida Karlsson. Karlsson thus took revenge from yesterday’s missed podium place in the freestyle race over 10 kilometers. Linn Svahn, who finished tenth yesterday, challenged…

  • Frida Karlsson unsure of the World Cup final: “It’s 50/50”

    Frida Karlsson unsure of the World Cup final: “It’s 50/50”

    World Cup final in Switzerland this weekend and Frida Karlsson is on site. But it is far from certain that Karlsson will drive more in the cup. The arm injury from the World Cup three-mile is still painful. “It’s not quite okay anyway. So it’s a bit uncertain if it will be a start, 50/50…

  • 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…

  • Frida Karlsson: I ride with good self-confidence

    Frida Karlsson: I ride with good self-confidence

    Ahead of Saturday’s three miles, Frida Karlsson is full of confidence. Almost a year ago, she took her first World Cup victory in the distance of 30 kilometers, then in Holmenkollen in Oslo, Norway. “Thirty miles suits me well. It is different before here at the WC than it was in Norway, but it is…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Praise each other after the medal double: “This is the Swedes’ World Cup”

    Praise each other after the medal double: “This is the Swedes’ World Cup”

    Frida Karlsson took World Cup silver and Ebba Andersson bronze in the World Cup skiathlon in Oberstdorf, and after the medal success there were happy faces. “I do not get a perfect race served. I fall on the first lap and break the pole and there is full focus on getting a new pole with…

  • 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…

  • Frida Karlsson jumps off Tour de Ski

    Frida Karlsson jumps off Tour de Ski

    Frida Karlsson gives up the Tour de Ski, the damage she sustained in the hotel room became too costly. The Swedish star fell unhappily when she trained by lifting herself in the door frame in the room and after that she has been hampered both on Tuesday and Wednesday with ninth and thirteenth place as…

  • Ebba Andersson third in the mass start

    Ebba Andersson third in the mass start

    New podium for Ebba Andersson in the Tour de Ski, the Swede finished third in the mass start in Val di Fiemme and Frida Karlsson had to settle for 11th place. Winner Natalja Neprjajeva was 4.1 seconds faster than the Swede and 2.4 seconds faster than runner-up Katharina Hennig. With today’s podium, Andersson is a…

  • Karlsson’s message: “Will do everything I can”

    Karlsson’s message: “Will do everything I can”

    Despite the injury she suffered, cross-country ski star Frida Karlsson will continue to compete in the Tour de Ski. The 21-year-old thus shows up in Friday’s classic mass start, she confirms this for Radiosporten on Thursday. “I will do everything I can to get it as good as possible,” says Karlsson. It was before Tuesday’s…

  • Ebba Andersson second in the hunt start

    Ebba Andersson second in the hunt start

    It was a second place for Ebba Andersson in the hunt start in Toblach. Andersson and Julija Stupak immediately started picking seconds on leading Jessie Diggins and compatriot Rosie Brennan and when the American fell after four kilometers, the duo caught up. For the race, the three were where Stupak won and Andersson took second…

  • Revenge for Ebba Andersson – third in the Tour de Ski

    Revenge for Ebba Andersson – third in the Tour de Ski

    It became a new Swedish podium in the Tour de Ski when Ebba Andersson finished third in the fourth stage freestyle race over 10 kilometers in Toblach, Italy. American Jessie Diggins was superior in the finish and down to second, compatriot Rosie Brennan it was a full 14.8 seconds. Before the race, Frida Karlsson had…

  • Frida Karlsson third in the hunt start

    Frida Karlsson third in the hunt start

    It was a third place for Frida Karlsson in today’s hunt start in the Tour de Ski. Karlsson, together with the American shoes Jessie Diggins and Rosie Brennan, quickly caught up with Linn Svahn who took the lead. In the final lap, however, the energy seemed to be running out for Karlsson, who had dragged…

  • Svahn won the first stage of the Tour de Ski

    Svahn won the first stage of the Tour de Ski

    Linn Svahn took home the freestyle sprint competition that started the cross-country skiers’ Tour de Ski. The distance specialist Frida Karlsson also impressed, she finished fourth in the final but was later awarded third place after Anamarija Lampic was eliminated. Oskar Svensson became the best Swede on the men’s side with a semifinal place, it…

  • Karlsson went on a knock in Östersund

    Karlsson went on a knock in Östersund

    Frida Karlsson won the ladies’ 10 kilometer classic with an individual start in the national ski team’s internal competition in Östersund. Leading rival Ebba Andersson started after Karlsson and had to chase the whole race, she was in the end a full 27 seconds behind the national team colleague. Moa Olsson came third. After the…