Yesterday our women's relay team won the Olympic gold medal, it was the first time in 54 years that Sweden won a gold medal in women's relay 4x5km! Today it was the men's turn to ski 4x10km relay, and our guys did it! Defending the gold title from Vancouver 2010!
It's the first time in a long time that the same country has won both women's and men's relay during the same Olympics! Needless to say, us Swedes are jumping around with joy today, feeling proud over our country and amazing athletes! Cross country skiing is normally ruled by Norway, it's like Norwegians are born with ski on their feet and they often beat the Swedes.
The odds for Sweden to not just get double gold like this, but also Norway standing without medals in both relays? About the same as it would be for a purely Canadian team to win the Super Bowl!
I think I just saw a pig fly by outside when I went home from my parents earlier, things like this just don't happen. It's hard to believe this double gold has happened, but it is for real, I've seen it on TV all evening and my parents and I celebrated with some alcohol free cider, fruits and chocolate.
Now I'm putting my hope into both women's and men's hockey teams. Our men are current world champions, and unless they're in a bad period, they do have a gold chance or at least medal chance. Our women's hockey team is in the Semi finals so they also have a good chance! Our Curling teams are doing good too, especially men's team.
Seeing how few athletes we send to the Olympics compared to many other countries, our athletes are pretty damn good! Sweden's current medal count is 2 gold, 5 silver and 2 bronze, making us number 11 on the medal rank this far in the Olympics!
Today is a good day!
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