Royal Palace Sprint (Skiing Inwards Gamla Stan)

Photo past times Henrik Trygg, Stockholm Visitors Board
One of world's close unique sporting events takes house inwards Stockholm tomorrow (Wednesday, March 20th)... the Royal Palace Sprint! This is a cross province sprint skiing competition. What makes it unique is that the course of educational activity is inwards the middle of a major city, to a greater extent than or less the Royal Palace located inwards Gamla Stan. This isn't whatever amatuer upshot either... it is purpose of the World Cup series, in addition to then some of the best cross province skiers volition live competing! This is the terminal sprint upshot of the flavour in addition to the winner of the Sprint Cup volition live announced in addition to "crowned". Important points for the overall World Cup trophy (awarded this coming weekend inwards Falun, Sweden) are upward for grabs every bit well. Apparently, in that place is solely fifteen points separating the occur iii inwards the electrical current standings (Levkov, Northug in addition to Cologna). So this is serious business!
Photo past times Henrik Trygg, Stockholm Visitors Board
This volition live the 10th fourth dimension this upshot volition live held hither inwards Stockholm. The adept intelligence is that this is the showtime fourth dimension I tin dismiss yell upward that the atmospheric condition has been "wintery" when the upshot has been held. Usually it is warm, boundary atmospheric condition in addition to the fact that they truck inwards snowfall has been met amongst raised eyebrows past times the locals. This yr it is mutual frigidity in addition to snowy! The bad intelligence is that this is plainly the lastly fourth dimension for a few years that they volition cause got the upshot inwards Stockholm... I read a quote from an official this morning time where he said "hopefully past times 2016". So, if y'all are inwards town, caput downward to Gamla Stan in addition to run into this unique event!
Photo by... me (from lastly year). Bad lineament but, hey, they ski actually fast! Hard to choose deal of them!
The qualification rounds volition live held betwixt ii in addition to 2:45pm. The opening ceremonies amongst HRH Prince Carl Philip volition live at 3pm followed past times the semifinals in addition to finals. The accolade ceremony, amongst His Majesty the King, volition live held at 5:30pm. So enough of chances all afternoon to run into some lineament skiing in addition to topographic point some royals.

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