Young Swede axes his way to gold

Ferry Svan, already a Nordic champion and the first ever Swede to enter the lumberjack competition won gold recently in Hamburg. 

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  Ferry Svan training for the competition.

• The first Swede to ever enter the Junior World Cup in Timbersports has won first place.

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  Ferry Svan, the son of Swedish ski champion Gunde Svan.

• Taking the gold for his skill with chainsaws and axes, Ferry Svan, 21, made history as the first Swede to ever attend this event. Despite a sudden rainstorm which delayed the competition, Svan had no problems focusing on the completion and winning the event.

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  To win on this level you need to master both the axe and the chainsaw.

• Winning runs in the family if not necessarily in timbersports; Ferry is the son of Gunde Svan, one of Sweden's biggest skiing champions ever. You can watch a video of Ferry in action here: www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/dalarna/ferry-svan