In 1974, the Swedes dreamed of relay gold at home.

It was also the championship where the plastic ski made its entrance.

But Sweden's first skier, Hans-Erik Larsson, had problems immediately after the start.

- Disaster.

It could not have started more unhappily, exclaims the commentator Sven Plex Petersson.

In the video: See the Swedish relay failure in the 1974 World Ski Championships from SVT's archive.