Racketlon in the Media
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Below a selection of articles (and other media exposure) that have been published about Racketlon - including internet references if they exist:
2003-01-16: The Racketeer!
- Article on Swedish Open and John O'Donnell
in English local newspaper Coventry Evening Telegraph,
John's home city's NewsPaper.
2002-11-03 Sporten, TV4
- 2,5 minute report on Swedish National Television (on
prime time Sunday 20:00) from Gothenburg Racketlon World Open.
Featuring Magnus Gustafsson's new career and a few
comments by Peter Landberg.
2002-10-12:
Scottish Racketlon Open
- short article in the Dundee Evening Telegraph
after the Next Generation Scottish Racketlon Championships
- the first racketlon tournament outwith Scandinavia. Here is a
better quality version of the picture.
2002-01-01: The greatest racketeer (no internet
reference)
- short report from World Open by English racket
journalist Richard Eaton published in Britain's biggest
selling tennis magazine Ace (Issue 62; January/February
2002)
2002-01-01:
Racketlon: la discipline qui venait du froid
(French only)
- Significant paper article in a French squash magazine (Planete
Squash; Issue 26, January-February) featuring a report from Gothenburg
Racketlon World Open and a great graphical
representation of
racketlon on the cover of the magazine! (The rest
of the article is represented here as text only, not making
justice to the paper format that contained pictures and layout.)
2001-11-06: ASOIF
- Racketlon makes it into asoif.com - the official
website of the association of summer olympic
international federations!! What might be the next logical
step...? And when? (Search under News for "racketlon"
and "best racket player" and the two articles below
written for the International Badminton Federation are listed).
2001-11-06:
First World Racketlon Open makes promising debut
- French journalist Raphael Sachetat's report from Gothenburg
Racketlon World Open, 2001, written for the International
Badminton Federation.
2002-11-04: Magnus och Magnus slår till (no internet
reference; Swedish only)
- Big size, high profile article on World Open in
Gothenburg's biggest daily newspaper, Göteborgsposten,
featuring Sweden's number one Magnus Eliasson and former
top international tennis player Magnus "Gusten"
Gustafsson.
2001-10-11:
Ett ögonblick...Magnus Gustafsson (Swedish only)
- short interview with former top international tennis player
Magnus "Gusten" Gustafsson in Sweden's biggest
tabloid newspaper Aftonbladet - about his new career in
racketlon starting the week after he played his last ATP
tournament.
2001-10-01:
Can badminton provide the world's best racket player?
- The International Badminton Federation introduce racketlon
and speculate about the chances for badminton players in Gothenburg
Racketlon World Open
2001-08-23:
Första internationella racketlontävlingen (Swedish only)
- short article on svenskidrott.se (the official website for
the Swedish Sports Federation - Riksidrottsförbundet -
and the Swedish Olympic Committe) - about Gothenburg
Racketlon World Open, the first international racketlon
competition
2001-08-01:
World Open i Racketlon?! (Norwegian only)
- Racketlon and the first ever World Open get Norway's
attention - short article
1997-05-23:
Fyra racketar för en sport (Swedish only)
- article in a local Linköping newssite (Östgötacorrespondenten
- corren.se) about Susanna Karlsson, winner of the
Swedish national championships in 1997
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