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¡¡ ¡¡STOCKHOLM, Feb. 23 (Xinhuanet) -- "GOLDFEVER" was the banner headline in
Thursday's edition of Stockholm daily Svenska Dagbladet after the Swedish
Olympic delegation won two gold medalsand a bronze at the Turin Games on
Wednesday.
The Turin Games was on Thursday slated to become the Nordic nation's best Winter Olympics to
date, surpassing the 1948 St Moritz Games, with the prospect of at least a
silver medal from the women's curling where Sweden takes on Switzerland in the
final.
"The Medal Day That Beat All Swedish Olympic Records" wrote daily Dagens
Nyheter of the gold medals won by Anja Paerson in thewomen's slalom and Bjorn
Lind in the men's sprint, and the sprint bronze collected by Thobias
Fredriksson.
Tabloid Expresssen headlined its Olympic coverage "Victory day!" with
headlines of "GOLD AT LAST, ANJA!", "SEMIFINAL FOR TEAM SWEDEN" in the men's ice
hockey, "GOLD, BJORN!", "FINAL, ANNETTE!"of curling team skipper Annette
Norberg, and "BRONZE, THOBIAS".
Rival tabloid Aftonbladet highlighted that King Carl XVI Gustafcalled Bjorn
Lind and Anja Paerson to congratulate them after their victories.
Lind told the newspaper he could hardly remember what he told the king
during the phone call minutes after he won his second Olympic gold medal.
Sweden has collected 10 medals so far in Turin. Enditem |