Biathlon: Sweden’s great move in Finland
It was in a breathtaking finale that SwedenAnna Magnusson, Sara Andersson, Hanna Oeberg and Elvira Oeberg managed to win the first women's relay of the season biathlon world cup. In the night of Kontiolahti (Finland), the Scandinavians have, thanks to forceps d’Elvira Oeberg in the last lap, regained victory in this event.
Indeed, since December 1, 2022or two years to the day and already on this site de Kontiolahtithe Swedish biathletes no longer raised their arms in this team competition: “It was incredibly exciting. It was very high level biathlon”congratulated himself Anna Magnusson (0+1) in the mixed zone at the SVT Sport microphone.
And yet, the four compatriots scared each other when the novice passed through Sarah Andersson. Indeed, going to turn on the penalty ring once, the 21-year-old young woman made herself a nice scare on his standing shot. “I don’t know what happened. It wasn't too bad, but the bullets escaped meshe said in front of our colleagues’ cameras. It's a shame there was a penalty lap. It was still fun to experience it with such great teammates. »
The Oeberg sisters finished the job well
Back in the match following the parfait 10/10 of the returning Hanna Oeberg on the carpets, reigning Olympic champions of the discipline were able to count on the nice performances from their two leaders. “I’m really happy with my shot. There was still some nervousnessexplained the eldest. The level of skiing should only go up. »
Launched at the pursuit of the French team during the handover, Elvira Oebergdespite two draws in the prone position, was then able to count on his excellent form from the start of winter on the skis to get ahead of Julia Simonwho had once toured the ring and victim of cramps to the left calf in the last hectometers of the race.
“I heard Julia shout to her staff and let go”Elvira Oeberg à la SVT Sport
“I was surprised when Julia Simon took a tour. I felt strong on the track and received good advice from my coach Johannes Lukasshe confided. I kept my cool and heard Julia shout to her staff and let go before I attacked. »
