世界各地汇集思念：Thomas Ulsrud 去世一周年
BY THE CURLING NEWS20230524
挪威最著名的冰壶运动员一年前因癌症去世。
世界冠军和奥运会银牌得主托马斯-乌尔斯鲁德在与癌症斗争了18个月后于5月24日晚去世。 这一消息来自于Ulsrud队的Facebook页面，自2019年该队解散以来，该页面基本没有活动。 "自2020年12月以来，托马斯一直在与癌症作斗争，但最后一周情况转坏，最后他很快就走了，"该页面上的帖子说，该团队由前团队负责人克里斯托弗-斯瓦（Christoffer Svae）管理。 "我们团队为我们的损失感到悲痛。 "与Ulsrud在一起总是一种快乐，我们会深深地怀念我们的队长！我们会送上我们所有的爱和支持！我们将把所有的爱和思念送给他的家人，他们一直陪着他到最后。 "安息吧，托马斯"。 冰壶迷和相关人士迅速跟进，对这位非常受欢迎的冰壶运动员进行了思考。 今年壶联为Thomas专门拍摄了一部短片，记录他的队友，对手和朋友，后辈眼中的他。 参与短片采访和多次担任壶联解说的Alison Walker： 我有幸多次采访过托马斯-乌尔苏德，这总是那么有趣。很难相信他现在已经不在了。许多人 很多人因为他而了解冰壶运动，能够为这部短片做采访是一种荣幸。
Ulsrud队的特点是Ulsrud担任跳板，第三名Torger Nergard，Svae担任第二块石头，领队Haavard Vad Petersson。 挪威队在2010年温哥华冬奥会上首次以离谱的裤子作为比赛服装，并在凯文-马丁的东道主队后面赢得了银牌，从而一下子成了名。 在接下来的10年里，这支队伍和他们的裤子仍然无处不在。他们的裤子的Facebook页面仍然有近45万名追随者。 该团队出现在12次世界锦标赛中，在2014年赢得了金牌和另外四枚奖牌，17次欧洲锦标赛（赢得两枚金牌，六枚银牌和三枚铜牌）和三次冬季奥运会。 乌尔斯鲁德是一个战斗到最后的人，据说他忍受了近30次化疗，以及接受了自然疗法的选择。 乌尔斯鲁德今年50岁。他的妻子Elin和他的儿子Jesper在世。 Norway’s most famous curling athlete has died of cancer. Thomas Ulsrud, the world champion and Olympic silver medalist skip, passed away on the night of May 24 after an 18-month battle against cancer.
The announcement came from the Team Ulsrud Facebook page, which has been largely inactive since the team split up in 2019.
“Thomas has been fighting cancer since December 2020, but the last week it took a turn for the worst and in the end he was gone very quickly,” said the posting on the page, which is run by former team lead Christoffer Svae.
“We the team are devastated for our loss.
“Being around Ulsrud was always a joy and we will miss our skipper deeply! We’re sending all our love and thoughts to his family who were with him till the end.
“Rest In Peace Thomas.”
Curling fans and stakeholders were quick to follow with their thought on a remarkably popular curling athlete.
Team Ulsrud featured Ulsrud at skip, third Torger Nergard, Svae at second stone and lead Haavard Vad Petersson.
The Norwegian squad became instantly famous when they debuted outrageous pants as competition wear at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, where they won silver behind Kevin Martin’s host team.
The team and their pants remained ubiquitous for the next 10 years. The Facebook page for their pants still has nearly 450,000 followers.
The team appeared in 12 world championships, winning gold in 2014 and four additional medals, 17 European Championships (winning two gold medals, six silver and three bronze) and three Olympic Winter Games.
Ulsrud was a fighter to the end, reportedly enduring nearly 30 chemotherapy sessions as well as embracing naturopathic options.
Ulsrud was 50 years old. He is survived by his wife Elin, and his son Jesper.
