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挪威最著名的冰壺運(yùn)動(dòng)員一年前因癌癥去世。

世界冠軍和奧運(yùn)會(huì)銀牌得主托馬斯-烏爾斯魯?shù)略谂c癌癥斗爭(zhēng)了18個(gè)月后于5月24日晚去世。 這一消息來(lái)自于Ulsrud隊(duì)的Facebook頁(yè)面，自2019年該隊(duì)解散以來(lái)，該頁(yè)面基本沒有活動(dòng)。 "自2020年12月以來(lái)，托馬斯一直在與癌癥作斗爭(zhēng)，但最后一周情況轉(zhuǎn)壞，最后他很快就走了，"該頁(yè)面上的帖子說(shuō)，該團(tuán)隊(duì)由前團(tuán)隊(duì)負(fù)責(zé)人克里斯托弗-斯瓦（Christoffer Svae）管理。 "我們團(tuán)隊(duì)為我們的損失感到悲痛。 "與Ulsrud在一起總是一種快樂，我們會(huì)深深地懷念我們的隊(duì)長(zhǎng)！我們會(huì)送上我們所有的愛和支持！我們將把所有的愛和思念送給他的家人，他們一直陪著他到最后。 "安息吧，托馬斯"。 冰壺迷和相關(guān)人士迅速跟進(jìn)，對(duì)這位非常受歡迎的冰壺運(yùn)動(dòng)員進(jìn)行了思考。 今年壺聯(lián)為Thomas專門拍攝了一部短片，記錄他的隊(duì)友，對(duì)手和朋友，后輩眼中的他。 參與短片采訪和多次擔(dān)任壺聯(lián)解說(shuō)的Alison Walker： ?我有幸多次采訪過(guò)托馬斯-烏爾蘇德，這總是那么有趣。很難相信他現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)不在了。許多人 很多人因?yàn)樗私獗鶋剡\(yùn)動(dòng)，能夠?yàn)檫@部短片做采訪是一種榮幸。

Ulsrud隊(duì)的特點(diǎn)是Ulsrud擔(dān)任跳板，第三名Torger Nergard，Svae擔(dān)任第二塊石頭，領(lǐng)隊(duì)Haavard Vad Petersson。 挪威隊(duì)在2010年溫哥華冬奧會(huì)上首次以離譜的褲子作為比賽服裝，并在凱文-馬丁的東道主隊(duì)后面贏得了銀牌，從而一下子成了名。 在接下來(lái)的10年里，這支隊(duì)伍和他們的褲子仍然無(wú)處不在。他們的褲子的Facebook頁(yè)面仍然有近45萬(wàn)名追隨者。 該團(tuán)隊(duì)出現(xiàn)在12次世界錦標(biāo)賽中，在2014年贏得了金牌和另外四枚獎(jiǎng)牌，17次歐洲錦標(biāo)賽（贏得兩枚金牌，六枚銀牌和三枚銅牌）和三次冬季奧運(yùn)會(huì)。 烏爾斯魯?shù)率且粋€(gè)戰(zhàn)斗到最后的人，據(jù)說(shuō)他忍受了近30次化療，以及接受了自然療法的選擇。 烏爾斯魯?shù)陆衲?0歲。他的妻子Elin和他的兒子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.