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In March, Andreas Kramer took silver at the indoor WC in the 800 meters – now he gets the go-ahead for this summer’s Paris Olympics.
There he is joined by the handball ladies and the table tennis couple Stina Källberg and Kristian Karlsson.
The Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK) announces that the squad for this summer’s Olympics in Paris is growing. The Swedish handball ladies secured their place in the qualifying game this weekend and now also get the official go-ahead from the SOK. From before, the men’s handball – via the European Championship bronze earlier this year – is ready and it is the fourth time in a row that both national teams are in the Olympic tournament.
“With two handball teams ready for the games, the Swedish squad looks to be well over 100 active. Right now the squad contains just under 80 names”, says Peter ReineboSOK’s squad leader, in a press release.
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For the first time, Sweden will field a mixed doubles pair in table tennis. Last week passed Stina Källberg and Christian Karlsson the international qualification rules and now SOK gives the thumbs up. Blue and yellow table tennis teams on both the women’s and men’s sides have already been selected.
Even the 800-meter runner Andreas Kramer can plan for the summer Olympics. Kramer went under the international qualifying time (1.44.70) already when he reached the semi-finals of the WC in Budapest in August. In March, the 27-year-old won his first medal in a global championship when he won silver at the Indoor WC in Glasgow.
“Exciting teams and names in an Olympic squad that looks stronger than last time in Tokyo,” says Peter Reinebo.
In mid-May, additional actives are taken out. The Olympics in Paris open on July 26.
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Selected for the Olympics:
Table tennis: Men’s team, women’s team, mixed doubles
Boxing: Nebil Ibrahim (57 kilos)
Wrestling: Jonna Malmgren (53 kilos)
Bike: Jenny Rissveds (mountain bike)
Athletics: Daniel Ståhl (discus), Armand Duplantis (pole), Perseus Karlström (walk), Thobias Montler (long), Suldan Hassan (marathon), Carolina Wikström (marathon), Andreas Almgren (10,000 meters), Andreas Kramer (800 meters)
Handball: Men’s team, women’s team
Judo: Marcus Nyman (90 kilos)
Canoe: Linnea Stensils/Moa Wikberg (K2 500 meters)
Equestrian sports: Jumping team, eventing team, dressage team
Sailing: Vilma Bobeck/Rebecca Netzler (49erFX), Anton Dahlberg/Lovisa Karlsson (470), Josefin Olsson (laser radial)
Swimming: Sarah Sjöström (50 meter freestyle), Michelle Coleman (50 meter freestyle, 100 meter freestyle), Sophie Hansson (100 meter breaststroke), Louise Hansson (100 meter butterfly), Erik Persson (200 meter breaststroke), Björn Seeliger (50 meter freestyle ), Victor Johansson (400, 800 and 1,500 meter freestyle), men’s 4×100 meter freestyle and 4×100 meter medley mix and Emilia Nilsson Garip (swimming jump, 3 meters)
Shooting sports: Stefan Nilsson (skeet), Marcus Svensson (skeet), Rickard Levin Andersson (trap)
Volley-ball: David Åhman/Jonatan Hellvig (beach volleyball)
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