Sunday, February 21, 2010

Gold & Bronze

Marcus Hellner

Sweden won two medals in the men's 30 km pursuit race, also called the skiathlon, at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver yesterday. Marcus Hellner won the Gold, and Johan Olsson took the Bronze, after one of the most exciting ski races I have ever seen. It was perfect team work in a individual race that landed Sweden two medals. At one time Olsson led by thirty seconds and further back Hellner and Södergren did their best to slow down the rest of the field. It really was an amazing win.

10 comments:

Meri said...

Way to go, Sweden! And the image looks like a Chuck Close.

Clueless in Boston said...

I watched the race and it was very exciting. Congratulations to both Olympians for a wonderful race.

Lowell said...

Congrats to the Swedes! It was pretty exciting to watch!

BlossomFlowerGirl said...

That is an amazing photo, I don't know how you did it, but it looks just like a tapestry.
Cheers.
Melbourne Daily Photo

Don and Krise said...

A big congratulations to your countrymen! There's going to be a hero's welcome when they come home.

Stefan Jansson said...

Thank you sport fans. Normal posting will be back tomorrow!

Kate said...

How exciting to watch all of these wonderful athletes. Many countries have reasons to be proud, whether their countrymen and women won medals or not. Congratulations to all the Swedish athletes, esp. to these wonderful medal winners.

Anonymous said...

Congratulations to you and your nation on the win.

jbworks said...

We have been watching the Winter Olympics downunder ... however NZ doesn't feature like you guys ... awesome performances. How do you do your mosaics ... a smart application ... or lots of patience. Kind regards Jeremy, WLG

Stefan Jansson said...

I use a software called Photomosaic 1.0.