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Olympics from Sweden

Its strange watching the Olympics in sweden because thsy focus on a different set of sports than I remember them doing back home in Britain. Of course these are the sports that Swedes are better at.

I must say now that table tennis has never been a sport I have been interested in at all, but when J-O Waldner has been playing it has been very exciting. It helps that he came 4th today and has played weel beyond expectation, but I have also had my eyes opened to how exciting table tennis can be to watch. No really!

It has been Swedens best ever weekend at the Olympics with three gold medals in triple jump, high jump and heptathlon. So everyone here is pretty happy.

The womens football team play tonight in the semi finals so heres hoping that they go through to the final. Its more fun when you have someone to cheer for :-)

Posted by Carrick Gillespie on August 23, 2004 at 13:24 in Swedish life | Permalink

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