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He is one of the world’s leading canoeists of all time.
Now Markus Oscarsson is best praised in the champion’s champion.
Then he gives a completely clockwise response after the tribute film in SVT.
It is not often you get to see canoeists in the competition program “Master’s champion”. But in this year’s season, TV viewers are honored to get to know the legend Markus Oscarsson in depth.
Leijnegard’s words
He started with a canoe already as a 13-year-old, along with his big brother Mattias Oscarsson. Markus broke through like a big talent and would be one of the world’s best in sports.
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Oscarsson represented Sweden in five straight Olympic finals and won an Olympic gold, one Olympic silver, three World Cup gold, one World Cup silver, one World Cup bronze, one European gold and two European bronze during his career.
– Markus Oscarsson has won everything that can be gained. Calling him the best in the world feels almost like an understatement. He has qualifications that most people can only dream of, but the path to success has been filled with extreme sacrifices, says SVT host Micke Leijnegard in Sunday’s section.
– What has impressed me most with your career is that you have had to sacrifice and chosen so much to reach the goal.
Markus Oscarsson put his sports career above all and jumped off the school already in high school, when he became ready for his first summer Olympics in Atlanta in 1996. After that he became even more extreme and opted out everything in everyday life to win Olympic gold.
– I lived a very selfish life and just thought of myself and my investment. I lived with the canoe and my sport 24 hours a day with diet and sleep. I could not be social in the same way or meet other people to expose myself to a cold, for example, says Markus in the champions champion.
– I couldn’t even play ping pong or card games if something stupid were to happen. Then the Olympic gold became our reward and then you could start meeting loved ones again. Hug about them that you have refrained before. My first feeling after the Olympic gold was: “Finally the shit is over!”
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Together with the radar partner Henrik Nilsson They reached their long-awaited Olympic gold during the summer Olympics in Athens in 2004. Colleague Henrik has also sent a nice greeting to the program.
– Earn Markus! It’s fun to follow you in the champion’s champion. No matter how it goes, I think you will have a fantastic fun time there, give the iron as always, so you may even win. I believe in you!, He says in a video greeting and Oscarsson responds in a completely clockwise way.
– He is lying so well!
Many of the participants in this year’s season of the SVT program are very impressed by Oscarsson’s great determination during the sports career.
– I think everyone who is doing sports can learn very, very much from Markus. How far you can reach if you are determined and really decide on something. But that it also requires that you are uncompromising with certain choices you have to make and I admire that, says the former handball player Tobias Karlsson.
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