There’s been a lot of talk these past few days about how 🐐 Niklas Edin finally has an Olympic gold medal, thus completing the full set - one of each color, or that Oskar Eriksson is now the most decorated Olympic curler - first to get 2 medals in one Olympics and 4 overall. What's been noticeably absent from the conversations are accolades for @agnesknochen who in earning bronze in Beijing as @teamhasselborg 's second also joins Niklas Edin in having a full set of Olympic medals. People of course remember the 2018 gold, but most forget Agnes has a silver from 2014 as alternate. Now if people are going to be dismissive & overlook that 2014 silver because she was "just an alternate" then the same treatment should apply to Oskar's 2014 bronze since he too was an alternate that year. . . Curling often touts itself for the strides it makes to advance equality, including parity in prize money between men and women, but I can't help but notice that in all the hours I spent watching curling these past 3 weeks & all the videos & articles I've seen in both English and Swedish, I don't recall seeing enough props for Agnes & her accomplishments. This is not of course a dig at Nik & Oskar - I have a long established & documented history as Team Edin's number 1 hardcore fangirl, but I'm a woman & the kind of neurodivrgent being w/ a strong sense of justice so I felt I needed to give credit where credit is due. It's so hard to be competitive in sports as a woman, especially as a mother, which is what Agnes has been doing all these years. I certainly hope Team Hasselborg not just wins Worlds gold this year, but commits to another quad. I believe they have what it takes to match Anette Norberg's double Olympic golds. 👊💪 . . 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 #AnnaHasselborg #SaraMcManus #AgnesKnochenhauer #SofiaMabergs #JohannaHeldin #TeamHasselborg #TeamSweden #athletes #olympians #OlympicGoldMedalists #OlympicChampions #EuropeanChampions #curlingrocks #hurryhard #worlddomination #HardlineNation #wcw #womancrushwednesday #warriorcrushwednesday #HASSELBORGSTRONG 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 . . #Repost @agnesknochen @worldcurling 📸 BILDBYRAN https://www.instagram.com/p/CaVRuPZvRKS/?utm_medium=tumblr
