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Gunde Svan is one of our biggest in Swedish skiing.
And he is probably the only skier who fell during a race – but still succeeded in the feat of winning Olympic gold.
Just watch here, as Gunde shakes off the case as if nothing happened.
Gunde Swan is one of the world’s best cross-country skiers of all time. He had his absolute heyday during the 1980s and early 1990s, and in total there were four Olympic golds and six WC golds for the Swede.
The Gunde icon
After his skiing career came to an end, Svan invested in Rallycross for a period, where he actually won a SM gold and an EC bronze in 1995. But Svan is most associated – apart from skiing at the time – with the entertainment program “Fångarna på fortet” on TV4, which he led for many years.
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But if you return to skiing and Gunde Svan’s active years, there is above all one moment that stands out a little extra. It is about the Olympics in Sarajevo in 1984, where Svan won a medal in all four distances that he competed in. But it is mainly the relay that we remember most clearly.
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Won despite the fall
Thomas Wassberg stood for a cannon effort on the first stretch, and when Gunde Svan went out on the last stretch it was set for a Swedish Olympic gold. Swan easily swished past the Soviet skater Nikolai Zimyatovbut then the accident kept coming.
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After a long downhill, Gunde Svan fell in a turn, and the Swedish nightmare appeared to be a reality. But Svan had made up his mind. He quickly shook off the fall, kept his cool, and when he crossed the finish line, he did so as an Olympic gold medalist despite the fade in the track.
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