Europaparlamentariker för Kristdemokraterna
Igår träffade jag hockeylegenden Dominik Hasek för att diskutera OS och Paralympics nästa år. Vi är helt överens om att ryska och belarusiska idrottare inte ska få delta. Det är sorgligt att säga det - vi är ju själva idrottsmän - men det är en viktigt! Jag tävlade i de paralympiska spelen 2000 i Sydney …
It is an important day for Paralympians, but I believe that it is a large step for all of Sweden. To select a disabled athlete to have done the outstanding achievement of 2008 in sports, is to write history. Because that means saying, not that we treat sports for disabled equal, but that we value …
Fortsätt läsa ”Outstanding achievement (Bragd) by Jacobsson”
And the winner is Jonas Jacobsson! One of the most prestigious awards in Sweden goes to a Paralympic athlete for the first time. I am haapy and proud to have been a part of this process and I will write a longer text as soon as I get back home tonight! /David
Who will get it? Tomorrow, I will leave for Stockholm with the 6 o'clock train to sit down with the rest of the jury to decide who will receive one of the finest awards that a Swedish athlete can receive. And for the first time ever, there are two Paralympic candidates out of the ten …
Fortsätt läsa ”Bragdguldet – Swedish Sport Achievement of 2008”
And it starts... the fascinating discussion about who will receive one of the most prestigius awards a swedish athlete can win. I have been in the jury for the last 2 years, and we will meet to decide this year's winner in a week from now. I will post some articles from the debate here, …
Fortsätt läsa ”Swedish Sport Achievement of 2008: Bragdguldet”