First of all: Screw Jante! My god, alpine skier Anja P\u00e4rsson! What a performance! What a talent! What an achievement! To fly 60 meters and crash in a horrid way, stand up, walk away with a stiff leg and come back next day and score a bronze medal… I’m speechless. Go Sweden! Heja Sverige!<\/p>\n
Anyone who’s missed the fact that Vancouver is the place to be at the moment? Well done if you have, even though you – in my opinion – are missing out on some brilliant entertainment. And by entertainment I don’t necessarily mean who wins what and on what time. No, Olympic Games are always packed with drama, tears, laughter, unexpected winners, amazing athletes, fun outfits<\/a>… and some bizarre disciplinces. Think about it. Throw yourself down an icy slide, head first? Throw yourself down an icy slide, with another person on top of you? Ski a minor marathon with a rifle on your back? Come back the next day and ski another minor marathon with a rifle on your back, but while hunting the other competitors? Hmm. Hunting, rifle, last man standing… Is it only me who gets weird battlefield associations? And, what could possibly come next? Slalom with a gun? Gang luge? Downhill Biathlon? Any thoughts on new exciting disciplines?<\/p>\n This is my first winter Olympic in UK and boy have I struggled with the Olympic vocabulary. Until the other day I was convinced that Biathlon was called “Skishooting” since the Swedish word is “Skidskytte”. And Skeleton, isn’t that something you have inside your body? Olympic Games = Olympiska Spelen (OS) Oh, I also must mention the brilliant Swedish word “Curlingf\u00f6r\u00e4lder”, meaning “Curling parent”. Can you guess what a curling parent does? Correct! Curling parents cleans and sweeps away all obstacals and problems in front of their kids. Great word, isn’t it?<\/p>\n Anyway, time to stop babble and to start h\u00e5lla tummen for Charlotte Kalla. Bring on cross country skiing!<\/p>\n ————————————————————————————- First of all: Screw Jante! My god, alpine skier Anja P\u00e4rsson! What a performance! What a talent! What an achievement! To fly 60 meters and crash in a horrid way, stand up, walk away with a stiff leg and come back next day and score a bronze medal… I’m speechless. Go Sweden! Heja Sverige! Anyone…<\/p>\n
\nTherefore, here are some useful words to impress people with this upcoming week of Winter Olympics:<\/p>\n
\nRace = lopp
\nFinal = final
\nGold medal = guldmedalj
\nSilver medal = silvermedalj
\nBronze medal = bronsmedaj
\nGoal = m\u00e5l
\nWinner = vinnare
\nLooser = f\u00f6rlorare
\nCompetitors = deltagare
\nDicipline = gren
\nDoping = dopning
\nJudge = domare
\nCross fingers = H\u00e5lla tummen (Literally means Hold your thumb)
\nLuge = rodel
\nBiathlon = skidskytte
\nSki jump = backhoppning
\nFigure skating = konst\u00e5kning
\nCross Country Skiing = l\u00e4ngdskidor
\nGo Sweden! = Heja Sverige!
\nCongratulations to the gold medal! = Grattis till guldmedaljen!
\nSweden has more medals than Norway = Sverige har fler medaljer \u00e4n Norge<\/p>\n
\nAt last, I must clarify that that the unbelievable tragedy with the Georgian luge slider is of course not what I mean when I talk about “drama and tears”. It was a horrific start to the games and has affected every bit of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"