Skiing World Championships|The speech of the gold medalist attracted attention.
Swedish Ebba Andersson Won the World Cup gold in the women’s cross-country skiing competition on Sunday. It is up to the winner to speak in front of the audience at Trondheim Square. There is an international audience present, so speeches should be made in English.
However, the Swede did not care about this, broke the unwritten rule and spoke in Swedish. At first, however, he spoke a few words in English until he decided to switch to a more familiar language.
“I know I should say a few words in English, but what, I’m Swedish,” he said Expressen by.
“What happened today has not even dared to dream. It’s something I will never forget. Winning in Norway soil in Swedish is incredible, ”Andersson described his feelings in Swedish.
Ebba Andersson had to speak at the medal ceremony.
Gold medalist Speech to the audience is a new element, which has been introduced by the World Cup organizer. Thus, every gold medalist has to walk in front of the audience to speak after getting a medal around his neck.
Jonna Sundling followed the rule after their sprint culture but won the men’s race Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Instead, requests from English speech and said his word in Norwegian.
When Klæbo then secured her second gold in Skiathlon, she told the audience surrounding the square that she had been told to speak English on stage after sprint. And once again, he made his speech in Norway.
Because the Norwegian ski cannon had shown a model, it was easy for the Swedish racing sister to slip English. Andersson also spoke a little Norway and praised the audience.