TY - JOUR T1 - Swedish Society for Physical Activity and Sports Medicine: a long history of excellence in sport and exercise medicine JF - British Journal of Sports Medicine JO - Br J Sports Med SP - 1355 LP - 1355 DO - 10.1136/bjsports-2016-097093 VL - 50 IS - 22 AU - Magnus Forssblad AU - Karim Khan Y1 - 2016/11/01 UR - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/50/22/1355.abstract N2 - Kudos to Sweden for its 11 medals at the Summer Olympic Games. From the comfort of the BJSM media centre in Vancouver, Sweden was first prominent via triple (and full set) swimming medalist, freestyle and butterfly swimmer Sarah Sjostrom. A big story in the middle of the Games was Sweden giving the US women's football team marching orders in a penalty shoot-out. No-one who saw it will forget Lisa Dahlkvist's ice-cool head (and smile) as she waited to take the match-winning penalty, while the opposing goalie delayed the moment of truth with some essential glove repair work. Whistle! BOOM! Goal!And speaking of fearless, sangfroid, Sweden showed bike wizardry to medal on the road and in the mountain (Emma Johansson and Jenny Rissveds). BJSM commends all the SFAIM … ER -