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A day off

Posted on 16. February 2010 17:35 - 74 comments

This is the view from my bedroom in Whistler right now. Heavy snowfall, so no super-combined today.(And yes, that is the silver medal). Instead I’m gonna use this day to see my family that are here to watch the games. Also my Uncle and his family came up from Minnesota. It was cool to be fast and make an exciting race for them yesterday. They were so excited when I met them after the race! That was fun. The medal ceremony was also a highlight yesterday evening. Backstage I met Marit Bjørgen who got bronze on the women’s cross-country yesterday. In my eyes she’s the best female cross-country skier in the world, but she’s as some trouble the last years. Nice to see her back on track. The Swiss were also celebrating backstage, with good reason: Gold in the downhill and in cross-country with Dario Cologna. Congrats!

Comments:

20. Feb 03:56 - B2 said:
Congrats on the gold!! Keep it up Sexy! ;)
19. Feb 22:19 - Sonja said:
Aksel, close the window...
Your silver medal gets a big brother :) Gold in the SG - it was an awsome race. Congrats sooo much, hej now you are called OLYMPIASIEGER!!!
Enjoy the day, the ceremony and the party. YEEESSS - that's your olympic games!!! I'm really sooo happy with you :)
Aksel rocks Vancouver!!! Greets from Austria, Sonja
19. Feb 01:37 - Davos-Sandy said:
Congrats...first to the silver melda...well done...and second...good blog..and third...nice homepage..:-) have a fantastic time in Vancouver...hope we will see another pic with the view of your room in whistler...and a second medal...:-)
18. Feb 23:45 - Milos said:
Kisses from Serbia
18. Feb 03:04 - Camilla said:
Fint Bilde:-)

Gratulerer igjen med Sølvet;-) ;-)
18. Feb 00:59 - A. said:
@Dear Muckl: yeah, you caught me and my quads post in the Swedish Power Girl's Kitchen, hmmm. Come and join! Still thanks for remembering about me, I only want to keep my promise here;-) and now you made me really intrigued about the pic, but I have to be strong! LOL cheers!

18. Feb 00:19 - Muckl said:
Haha :D OMG just checked up, you can also buy the racing tricot *rofl*
18. Feb 00:16 - Muckl said:
Ladies DH?all the crashes :/ very tough but Lindsey?s performance-incredible again.

@A: hehe, racing tricots and spandex rehab *g* I read something about the quadriceps yesterday, very interesting ^^ and I totally agree with that. Hmm, let me think: should I knock on the kitchens door?!? But no problem if you dont want to talk about the spandex topic, you already mentioned the main point: tight *still_LOL*
Ah and btw you get the opportunity to buy Aksel?s (ok maybe not his own exemplar) retro jacket, did you know that? You can buy the jackets from the last seasons so I guess the colourful one will be available in a few months. Hey, if you ever have an awful day and you need something to cheer you up: Put the jacket on and listen to some great Abba songs. Wouldnt that be great?
17. Feb 23:54 - T. said:
@Slovenian girl: I am happy 2 'cause I am Slovenian 2 =); actually was crying when she came in 3rd and fell down in such horrible pain - for me it is golden bronze covered with diamonds just like she said. But my tip was good I actually got the 1st and 2nd right, so I hope my Super G bet will come true aswell. And yes Axl is a supeboy and 5ra is a super girl. Night night.
17. Feb 23:43 - Slovenian girl said:
@T., angyal, A.: Oh man!!!!! She made it!!! I'm so happy for her! :) That's our girl! Can't believe it, but it's true! Just crazy awesome!! I must not think what would happen if she wouldn't fall! I hardly watched when she crossed finish at qualification run when she crashed down and screamed so hard! So sad! Oh man, we would defenitely win a gold! I'm so proud of her, cause our country is so small, we are little and don't have many competitor at this discipline... but I always say... small but with *big heart*! :) :) Hope she will find time for breathing now, she looked really scary at finish! Just crazy, our reporter cried on TV... hehe :)
Oh, dear! She couldn't even walk alone, that's so rude! She is crazy awesome, if I say Aksel is a Superman :) then Petra is a Supergirl, hehe... ok, I'm done with my speech here? :)

Still, congratulations to all todays medalists! also ladies on DH needed to work very hard on such course, especially psychically after many falls! Amazing! :) Oh yeah, tough day! Time to go to bed, just I don't know yet how to fall asleep...!? :) good night...
17. Feb 23:14 - A. (a girl looking for a dress in pattern like Norway's curling team pants!) said:
Thanks guys for all the update about different outfits..hmmm.....Curling pants rock rock rock!!! If those guys will have their own FB page I will sign up for it, even though I am not such a fan of FB (makes people stalk!)

About the "racing tricots": I have no idea what pic are you talking about Muckl, honestly!!!!
I am on a "writing about spandex rehab" and I am not falling off the wagon, so please forgive that I will not go into this, at least today! ( I can only imagine how sensational the photo must be and I really appreciate that you thought about me seeing skiers (?) wearing tight outfits, thanks!!!! LOL)

The ladies dh was cool, but apart from the medalists the runs were not as sensational as in the guy's race, where more skiers had exciting cool runs and the whole race was almost fall-free and more good-looking. And all those falls, especially Anja's! I did not like that at all, I hope all of them are ok, because those falls looked nasty, I had shivers! But the great story with Lindsey catching the gold, she's amazing, and Julia with silver. They have totally different styles of skiing though, and different season-situations, but it's great when you can see that people with different styles and approaches can both suceed and be fast!

@Slovenian Girl: horrible thing about Petra, she managed to get bronze though, but she looked terrifying in the finish> Sport can be so cruel, so many sacrifices and hard work and baam, you fall on the training and in a second everything is different. I hope she will be ok.
On the lighter note, there's a gold for Norway, cool;-)
17. Feb 22:59 - angyal said:
1st gold for Norway! And Petra Majdic got a medal in the end. Wow!

I'm really looking forward to the curling match between Norway and Germany. I'll finally be able to get a real good look at the pants on TV^^
17. Feb 22:46 - T. said:
@ A. btw there are already over 1800 comments on Norwegian curling team's pants on the official FB Vancouver 2010 page. Unbeliavable....but the pants are hot no matter what hahahaha

@Slovenian girl - and Petra did it, she made it to the finals, but my tip is Bjoergen, Kowalczyk, Olsson.....
17. Feb 22:34 - T. said:
@ Slovenian girl: yeah unbelieavable how many mistakes were done already at this olympics. I was not really paying attention to cross country when the guy on TV started to talk about Petra's accident and then I was like what the hell....and could not believe what I saw. But hats off to Petra she did gr8 in quarterfinals although I don't think she will be able to get enough strength for semi finals. It was obvious that she is in gr8 pain. But thumbs up, you never know.....
and Aksel I'll be hoping for the "heart of gold" at the Super G......
17. Feb 22:17 - Slovenian girl said:
Oh yes, yes...this pic with *shining silver medal* looks realy nice :) I believe that its sweet touch around of your neck Aksel must be damn good feeling! Just keep going on with an exciting olympic spirit!!! :) Have fun in these days of waiting for races!

@T.: Oh dear! I also watched ladies DH! I would say...pretty crazy, such things with so many falls should not happen. There were spreading some rumours that the course is too tough for girls, strange and scary... Today is kinda weird day, cause also our the best cross-country competitor Petra Majdi?, who is fighting for medal, fell on training just before race into hole by course. Damn, really unpleasant hapening! I'm so sorry for her, cause she is really in the best shape at this time, she was trying so hard for all these years... But however I just hope that there won't be no more falls on races, cause such things really kills an olympic spirit!
17. Feb 22:15 - T. said:
@m but of course B))))))
17. Feb 21:39 - m said:
wow Julia Mancuso. I guess, Aksel is happy.
17. Feb 21:22 - T. said:
just watching W DH and saw how terrible Anja Person fell and many more before her. What the hell is wrong with this course???
But happy to see golden Lindsay and silver Julia =))))))
17. Feb 19:27 - Suzanne said:
Congratulations with that beautiful silver medal.. Hopefully the next one will be gold! Looking forward to see you race again
17. Feb 18:06 - Carola Sverige Stockholm said:
Verkligen stort GRATTIS främst till att du håller världsklass (efter olyckan), och självklart GRATTIS till Medalj - OS Medalj!

Stort! =)
Grattis Norge och Aksel!

Hälsar
Carola i Stockholm i lilla Sverige.
17. Feb 16:08 - Mai from JAPAN said:
Hi Aksel! Thank you for your beautiful picture.I am looking forward to your next race.Take care,,,
17. Feb 16:01 - Switzerland said:
@Muckl
I quite agree. The lonely medal need a brother !!! ;-)
17. Feb 15:48 - Muckl said:
good morning :-)
17. Feb 15:47 - Muckl said:
Hehe, very awesome pic, thx. Not to forget the random forest and the roof of a random building (which is btw located in a random village) in the background *g*
Hey, if you dont want to keep your first Olympic medal (open window, tztz), Ill take it :D
+ your silver medal needs some golden companions *smirk* (the medal feels so alone lying on the windowsill there)

Enjoy the day off with your family (oh, its over-new day). I could see the heavy snowfall on TV yesterday, OMG, kind of X-mas atmosphere. Did you spend some time outside for outdoor activities like ?walking in the winter wonderland??

Finally I got that picture I/we was/were waiting for: Aksel on the podium. (Believe in yourself everyday!)

@A: I had a look on a really, really, r-e-a-l-l-y hilarious picture concerning spandex and the DH winners *LOL*
17. Feb 15:07 - Lory said:
have a wonderful day :-)
17. Feb 14:23 - watahina from far-east country said:
Relaxation will give you a great success in super combined,
though it will also make me very uneasy
because we have to wait for the race longer than we expect...
17. Feb 14:23 - watahina from far-east country said:
Relaxation will give you a great success in super combined,
though it will also make me very uneasy
because we have to wait for the race longer than we expect...
17. Feb 14:22 - ... said:
great view - I mean the silver medal ;-) Are you not worried, that the medal will fall out from window? :D
17. Feb 13:47 - Tony said:
Today, I recognized that I have actually expanded the time of my lunch break considerably these days, c-o-n-s-i-d-e-r-a-b-l-y. Gees, just because of intensive talks about the Olympics! I should like to be a flue on the wall at lunch time all over the world, hehe :)
17. Feb 10:46 - Kyoko said:
?Wow?The photo is the silver medal!!
At first, I could not find it medal.
It is beautiful. Would the photo like to reflect your feelings?
Did you meet your family that made you relax and calm down today?
I am looking forword to seeing your good news on TV show in Japan.
17. Feb 08:44 -
@Mayumi Well-spoken. Yes, we all are so devoted... ask me why from time to time. It's his grace I think.
17. Feb 08:38 - pipi (is awake... the atheletes are sleeping now) said:
@Kristyna You know all the ice-disciplines take place in Vancouver, 4 to 5 hours sitting in the car to get there and to come back could be exhausted. To stay in Whistler, where the likewise interesting snowsports are hold and norwegian and other interesting athletes take part in is the better choice would say. On a day off you try to relax and to regenerate. Well, I would stay in Whistler. :p)

@A. Thanks for the updated schedule. Thought the SC is on friday (with slalom run in the wood through the trees), GS on sunday because the sun will shine, GS on Monday, well, there's the new moon that gives more energy, SL wholly drops, because they can't find a way to fix the slalom poles in the slushy snow... ;p) and I heard the girls have to move to alaska...j jokes apart. It's crazy but hope all the races will fairly staged!
17. Feb 08:12 - Mayumi said:
Thank you for sharing such a beautiful photo with us!
Not only the best skiier in the world but also a man with so much heart and grace !
No one can top that!

devoted fan in Tokyo


17. Feb 07:56 - luna said:
hey aksel...

..nice view from your bedroom:-) so you and the olympic games shares me sleepless nights..so yesterday i watched tv since 1 o clock in the morning..beacuse i looked also cross-country with dario cologna..i was so happy..then i went sleep, but at 4 o clock i still get up for looking the medal ceremony in downhill and cross-country..2 gold medals for switzerland is really good, and your silver medal made the day perfect=) so i didn't go to sleep anymore and had only 3h sleeping before i went to work...so i think my boss wasn't really happy about that:-) but it doesn't matter..and he can look how it would be in the next days, because the olympic games during also a little bit:-)
Have a nice day and enjoy your family!
greetings from a cold and snowy switzerland:-)
17. Feb 06:50 - Shannon said:
Not only are you getting great coverage in the U.S. but you look hot too! Keep up the good work--I hope you win lots more! :)
17. Feb 02:07 - Miyuki from Japan said:
Thank you for a nice picture. I'm looking foward to your brog everyday. I feel a consciousness as of something thrill of Olimpic game.


It sure is Japannese speed skateoutfit is awful. It looks like an animated cartoon....
17. Feb 01:32 - canada said:
Congrats Aksel...nice bling!!
17. Feb 01:07 - A. (forgot to say again, a girl, not from Norway) said:
also, if you go to the main olympic website, you could find the link to the e-bay auction of the olympic stuff. seems interesing, but the cause is not yet mentioned, so I guess it's of commercial nature, but I am not sure yet...
bye!
17. Feb 01:02 - A. said:
as far as I know, well read, super-g stays on friday, sc is on sunday and gs on tuesday. Girls' dh is tomorrow, sc on thursday and super-g on saturday. As if any date of the race so far was 100% for sure;-)

and those "new" disciplines are crazy. They look awesomely cool, but must be so difficult, they literally go on skis/snowboards all at the same time, how they do not bump into eachother so often (relatively) is a mystery to me...

ok time to go,bye
17. Feb 00:31 - Kristyna said:
@Twitter: Aksel why don't you go for ice-hockey when the Norway is playing ;)?
Hockey is great!!! :)
17. Feb 00:06 - hil said:
que medalha linda!eh vc. deve estar muito cansado mais feliz pela medalha.valeu a pena!beijo descance bem.
16. Feb 23:43 - kathrine marlen said:
kos dæ med OL atmosfæren-lykke til videre-glede mæ til fredag-
du e fortsatt fin:)
holdt forresten på å flire mæ ihjel til den Michael tributen;PgEnial:)
16. Feb 23:24 - Milos said:
Greetings from Serbia!!!
You have thousands of fans!!
Go Go Aksel!!!!!!!
16. Feb 23:23 - A. said:
Nice bling Aksel! ;-) but seriously - it must be cool to have a day off after such an intensive succesful downhill day, enjoy that! I guess it's a happy time, so enjoy it!

Re curling and curling outfits: oh yeah, the curling dress with pattern like the Norwegian curling team's trousers would be cool. The pants look awesome on tv, I watched part of the match. There are so many serious things in the world, that the outfits can be funny to brighten the day!

Re gold Japanese speed skaters outifits: well, they look fast, like the lightning! It's a bit too much of gold for me, but they certainly are noticeable ;-)

have a nice evening guys!
16. Feb 22:54 - Kristin said:
Er så imponert over sølvmedaljen din! Stod i sofaen og skreik av glede;) Ha en fantastisk hviledag i Whistler, mye å finne på.............
16. Feb 22:17 - ;p) said:
SC on friday...
God, good that pause... catch a breath! ;p) My head is spinning. I puzzle over it. Don't know, if it's the weather, the long nights or the three glasses of red wine yesterday evening. *uiui* ;p) Bet on the red wine... if you know, you have to be fit the next day, keep the handa off it. I'm still deathly tired. :p)

@A. It's a pitty, that you are not a german girl. Well, team-bulding's not possible... Just watched the curling guys and think your idea is not half bad. Some years training (10 is much too long) and you probably get the (only) chance to take part as an active athlete at the OL ;p)

Girls, don't you think, as a smart necklace silver is much more trendy. ;p))

Time for biathlon...mad rush. ;p) Have a nice evening and Aksel, enjoy your day off!
16. Feb 21:41 - Kristine from Norway said:
Gå for GULL nå, Aksel!!! Sølv var bra men Gull er som kjent best:-)))
16. Feb 21:41 - Ulrikke Kaisen said:
Gratulerer så mye med sølvet!!! Jeg følger ivrig med på nettet, (som student i Tyskland uten TV er det eneste mulighet..heheh..) og krysser fingrene for deg! Er perfekt avkobling mellom puggingen;) Lykke ti videre!
16. Feb 21:38 - Carmie in New York said:
Congrats on the SIlver. You are getting great coverage on NBC here in the States. Looking forward to many great races ahead!
16. Feb 21:31 - Sveta said:
Congratulations from Russia!!!! yesterday you perfomed super!!!! Wish you good luck for SC!!!! ))) And of course have nice relaxing day with your family today!!!

P.S. Nice view from your window....)))
16. Feb 21:25 - angyal said:
They showed 5 minutes of the German's game and I was able to get a glimpse on the trousers.
I would wear totally one of those.
16. Feb 21:21 - Anna Therese said:
Gratulerer så mye med sølv! Det var virkelig fortjent! Gleder meg til å følge deg videre i OL, lykke til!
16. Feb 20:56 - Mira said:
Well, nice view, especially on the medal. But be careful, that it will not fall through the window - it is open! :)))
Yeah, Swiss have really great day yesterday too - congrats to all of them!!!

Enjoy very much with your family and in everything that is going on beside the races.
16. Feb 20:52 - sol said:
nice pic:-) congrats and all the best in future!
16. Feb 20:52 - Kristyna said:
@Angyal: Yes checkerboard ones ;) Funny!
16. Feb 20:35 - Christin said:
Again, Congratulations! That view is great. Still get goose bumps if I think about yesterday. Man, my nerves were gone.
So enjoy this day. Maybe you can realize and celebrate this medal a bit with your family and the rest of the team.

@A.: Funniest outfit...Japanese speed skater...damn, gold is nice, but sometimes it can be too much!
16. Feb 20:35 - angyal said:
so they are wearing those checkerboard pants? Nice!
16. Feb 20:33 - K. said:
Have a nice day ;) and congrats!
16. Feb 20:32 - Kristyna said:
Hey, this one still miss in Czech republic's collection - we have 'only' gold and bronze! :)))! I like these medals but it seems a little bigger than medals in past but I've never hold it in my hand so ...

I was looking forward to Super Combined today. But on the other hand I'm glad it was postponed because racers needs some rest too :) Enjoy your time with family Aksel!

Btw. I saw the suits of Norway's curling team and ... they're really crazy :)) but I like original looks.
16. Feb 20:16 - justi said:
It's a pity, that today's race is postponed... But OK: have a nice day and enjoy the Olympics! :*

P.S. Finally! There is snow in Whistler! ;)
16. Feb 20:11 - Nina said:
Congratiulations! Have a nice day with your family and good luck on the next competitions!
Greetings from Germany!
16. Feb 19:59 - Invicta said:
It's really nice to have such frequent updates! not a lot of athletes take that time :)
Enjoy the day off! and good luck for the next days!
16. Feb 19:54 - Switzerland said:
Champ, on the whole trubel of this days, you never forget us and updates regularly your blog. That's nice and really not to be taken for granted!!!!
THANK YOU and enjoy your day off :-)
16. Feb 19:36 - Annie G. said:
Family is important. Enjoy Your time with them :)).
16. Feb 19:16 - SaBine said:
Yes, that was a great day yesterday for us Swiss :-) But I would also love to see you on the top! Enjoy your day with your family!!
16. Feb 18:42 - Guro said:
Gratulerer med sølv, bra kjørt! ;)
Du får nyte fridagen din og komme sterkt tilbake i superkombinasjonen :)
16. Feb 18:42 -
du må ikke la den ligge fremme i vinduet slik da aksel...hehe :=)
16. Feb 18:41 - Tony said:
Oh, I`m so sorry - I knew it; a total mess!

However, have a nice day :)
16. Feb 18:39 - Tony said:
Okay, we need to keep up the Olympic spirit as the SC today is cancelled. Here is goes: Oh, by the way, please be aware that you have to draw your own lines between the questions to the left and the answers to the right - which is more fun, though :)

The colours of the Olympic rings The five continents of the world
What the rings represent 1921
The founder of the modern Olympic Games Pierre de Coubertin
The Olympic motto Blue, yellow, black, green, and red
The year IOC Executive Board was founded Citius, Altius, Fortius
16. Feb 18:35 - Margret said:
They should introduce a new discipline to the Winter Games - "Waiting". There would be many gold medallists ;o)
16. Feb 18:27 - GoNorway said:
Håper du får en strålende dag sammen med familien.. Er vel ikke så ille å tilbringe dagen med familien du ikke ser så ofte..

Så får du sveve på sølvskyen frem til fredag;-) Var helt rått å se deg i går, får fortsatt gåsehud når jeg tenker på det...

PS: pass på så det ikke kommer noen snikende opp til vinduskarmen og tar medaljen din nå;-)
16. Feb 18:20 -
Du är bäst! Grattis till silvret! Lycka till i fortsättningen!

Hälsar
Emil (10 år), Andrea (8 år), mamma Ulrika, pappa Thomas
Sverige
16. Feb 17:59 - Prinzessin Schneehase said:
Have a nice and relaxing day with your family. Probably not too bad after such a long day yesterday with lots of interviews. The vancouver medals really look nice, like 'em a lot. take care of it! =)
16. Feb 17:53 - Vaffel said:
Når er superkombinasjonen utsatt til?

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