Ski stars break the rules of the race organizers.
A new concept has been brought to the World Ski Championships: gold medalists have to speak in English at Trondheim Central Market after the race in front of the general public.
Swedish Jonna Sundling acted according to the instructions after the women’s sprint, but the host country John Klæbo Didn’t bother to speak English.
On Sunday Ebba Andersson followed the superstar example. Of course, he first uttered a couple of words in English, but still gave the actual speech in Swedish.
– What the hell, after all, I’m Swedish, Andersson justified his solution.
The Swede took the women’s combination race and felt it in Swedish.
– I hope most of you understand. What happened today is something that I hardly dared to dream of. I will never forget this. The fact that Swedish wins on Norwegian soil is incomprehensible.
Expressen After the speech, he wondered at Andersson why he didn’t speak English.
“The first sentence was in English, then the company was also in Norway,” Andersson said.
Although the international audience certainly did not understand everything Andersson said in Swedish, the woman was happy with her performance behind the gold microphone.
– At least it didn’t feel like I had embarrassed myself.
Ebba Andersson celebrated the victory of the combination race. Pasi Liesimaa