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"The Scandinavian way to play flag football"
Interview with: Lena Johansson from Gothenburg, Sweden
Hosted by: Diane Beruldsen
From Gothenburg, Sweden we speak to Lena Johansson about what it was like in 2000 to first hear about and then learn this new and strange sport called: flag football. Sweden did not have any teams playing the sport and this group of women take on the huge task by themselves.
Learning the sport by reading the rules, practicing for one year with no competition, being trained by one of their own players and then traveling to their first competition in the United States to the Key West Kelly McGillis Classic where there were 48 women's flag football teams and about to compete against teams with a completely different style.
What an experience it was for Sweden's earliest women's flag football teams called the: Gothenburg Angels.
We talk about the tournaments in Scandinavia and how they differ with American flag football tournaments. It is an interesting conversation which you will enjoy.
