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Two olympic medals for Sweden after first weekend's games

Sweden's Charlotte Kalla won silver in Saturday's Biathlon, Marcus Hellner silver in men's 30k skiathlon.

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The cross-country skiing event of 7.5 kilometers of classic cross-country skiing and another 7.5 kilometers of freestyle was dominated by Scandinavians - gold was won by Norway’s Marit Bjoergen, silver by Kalla and Heidi Weng of Norway took the bronze medal.
Kalla won the gold medal in the women's 10 km individual for Sweden at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. She also won a silver in the team sprint event with Anna Haag at the same games.

Marcus Hellner secured the second Swedish medal - another silver - at the Sochi Olympics in the Men's Skiathlon; 15 km Classic + 15 km Free during day two, Feb. 9, of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. He took silver after Dario Cologna. Hellner won this distance at the last Olympics in Vancouver in 2010. Third in Sunday's race was the Norwegian World Cup leader Martin Johnsrud Sundby.

A summary of Sweden's chances for a medal:

Race times are local Sochi time – EST + 9 hours / PST + 12 hours

Monday, Feb. 10
04 p.m. Biathlon pursuit. Björn Ferry took a gold medal in Vancouver 2010 but had trouble this year, ending 30th after team members Fredrik Lindström (13) and Tobias Arwidson (28)
Tuesday, Feb. 11
01 p.m. Cross country skiing, men’s and ladies’ sprint. Among the men Emil Jönsson, Teodor Peterson, Marcus Hellner among the ladies Ida Ingemarsdotter, Stina Nilsson and Hanna Eriksson all have a chance for a medal.
Thursday, Feb. 13
10 a.m. Slopestyle, Henrik Harlaut
11 a.m. Cross country skiing, 10k classic. Charlotte Kalla
03 p.m. Men’s biathlon 20k. Another chance for Ferry, Lindström or Arwidson.
Friday, Feb. 14
11 a.m. Cross country 15 k classic. Johan Olsson, Hellner or Richardsson could do well here.
Saturday, Feb. 15
08 a.m Ladies’ Super G. Kajsa Kling is debuting at the Olympics and could very well surprise.
11 a.m. Cross country, ladies’ relay 4 x 5k. Norway may be favorites here but the Swedish ladies could put up a fight.
Sunday, Feb. 16
11 a.m. Cross country, men’s relay 4 x 10k/ Sweden is holding gold from Vancouver/
4 p.m. Men’s biathlon mass start. A final individual medal chance for Sweden’s men’s team.
Monday, Feb. 17
1.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Ladies’ Tre Kronor. In case Sweden’s ladies’ hockey team makes it, this is when the fights about the bronze and silver and gold medals take place.
Tuesday, Feb. 18
08 a.m. and 11.25 a.m. Ladies’ Giant Slaom. Both Jessica Lindell-Vikarby and Maria Pietilä Holmner could bring home a gold medal from this event. First run is 8 a.m.
Wednesday, Feb 19
08 a.m. and 11.25 a.m. Men’s Giant Slalom. Sweden’s Mats Olsson has done really well in the qualifiers… who knows what he can do?
11 a.m. Ladies’ curling semifinals. Sweden’s Team Sigfridsson should definitely be here and quite possibly put up a fight about the gold medal. More on Sweden's curling teams: Sweden set for curling gold
12.45 a.m. Cross country Men’s/Ladies’ team sprint. Both teams have a good chance for a medal.
04 p.m. Men’s curling semifinals. Sweden’s Team Edin should definitely make it here.
Thursday, Feb. 20
09.30 a.m. Ladies’ curling – competition about the bronze medal. Let’s hope the Swedish ladies are not part of this but get to play later in the day…
10.30 a.m. Men’s Skicross. Viktor Öhling Norberg won last year’s pre-games. Will he repeat a victory today?
02.30 p.m. Ladies’ curling finals. This is where we hope the Swedish ladies will be – competing about the gold.
Friday, Feb. 21
09.30 a.m. Men’s curling – competition about the bronze medal. Just like the Swedish ladies we hope Sweden’s Team Edin gets to play later in the day…
12 p.m. Ladies skicross finals. Sweden’s Anna Holmlund could do really well.
01 p.m. and 06 p.m. Men’s hockey semifinals. Let’s hope Sweden’s Tre Kronor are part of the games on this day. More on Tre Kronor: Tre Kronor will look to King Henke to lead...
01.45 p.m. and 05.15 p.m. Ladies’ slalom. Frida Hansdotter won the pre-games but Maria Pietilä-Holmner is also in shape for a medal.
Saturday, Feb. 22
10.30 a.m. Ladies’ cross country freestyle, mass start. Another chance for a Charlotte Kalla medal no doubt.
01.45 p.m. and 05.20 p.m. Men’s slalom. Both Mattias Hargin and André Myhrer have looked good this year but Myhrer’s injuries could well stop his chances.
03.30 Men’s biathlon relay 4 x 7.5k. The Swedish team seems well positioned for a medal after fourth man Arwidsson’s qualified start in the early individual races.
04 p.m. Men’s hockey, fight about the bronze (hoping Sweden’s team Tre Kronor plays Sunday’s fight about the gold medal instead!)
Sunday, Feb. 23
08 a.m. Men’s cross country mass start 50k freestyle. Richardsson, Hellner, possibly Johan Olsson could all do well here.
01 p.m. Men’s hockey finals. Let’s hope Tre Kronor creates an ideal Olympic finale with a gold!

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