German cross-country star Victoria Carl tested positive for a banned substance in 2025 and was suspended for 18 months, missing the Olympics. For more than a year she turned down SVT's interview requests – until, a month before her suspension ended, she agreed to meet. On one condition: that she could answer in German, her mother tongue.

For my first assignment for SVT Sport, I was sent to Oberhof in Germany to film this exclusive interview – the first time Carl spoke to Swedish media since the suspension.

The interview was conducted in German. Through my service remotize.tv it was translated live, so the editor in Stockholm could follow and read the interview in translation while it was happening – and start working on the story right away.

Out of the shoot came several stories for SVT Sport: the news story, a vertical version for mobile in which Carl defends Norway's Therese Johaug (“I don't think she did it on purpose either”), and a longer report for Sportnytt. Besides the interview, I filmed Carl training in the ski tunnel in Oberhof and on roller skis.

This is one of more than 1,000 stories I have worked on for SVT.