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They recently settled for the Jerring prize at the Sports Gala.
Now it is revealed that Ebba Andersson and Armand Duplantis are related.
– I had no idea about that, says Ebba to Aftonbladet.
It has been a tough ski season too Ebba Andersson. Due to a lingering covid illness in Christmas, she has not been recognized in the tracks.
Sniffed “Mondo”
The Swede, who became WC queen last year, has had to struggle a lot during the winter and has not achieved the results she wanted at all. But at the beginning of the year she still got her rightful reward after the fine 2023.
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Andersson managed to sniff out the athletics star Armand Duplantis on the desirable Jerring prize, the people’s prize at the Sports Gala.
– It feels like it was a tough candidate, so it makes it a little extra fun to succeed in being voted in, says Ebba to Aftonbladet.
Ebba’s surprise
Now comes the most unexpected revelation about the Swedish star duo. Ebba Andersson and Armand Duplantis are related(!) to each other.
– I had no idea, so please… Give me some more information, says a surprised Ebba to the evening newspaper.
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The newspaper Norran was the first to report the distant relative who was born 288 years ago and is the ancestor of both the skiing star and the pole vaulting giant. Per Larsson Vikberg was his name and lived in Innervik, Skellefteå, in the 18th century.
– I got a little goosebumps when I found the connection, says the genealogist Martin Karlsson for the local newspaper.
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Ebba Andersson is still not too impressed by the connection to “Mondo”.
– If you start going back, we are all related to everyone, she says in the interview.
– It was new information for me. But you might have to do a lot more research, so you can see what you find and who you are actually related to.
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