Sweden won the initial single mixed relay with A-team debutant Ella Halvarsson and Sebastian Samuelsson. Then came third places in the mixed relay and the men's relay. And the women finished off with a win in their relay, with junior Sara Andersson on the team.
Four podium places are big, and to finish with a win again is very big with a new lineup, he says about the women's relay team.
He says that the weekend's results mean a lot.
Now we can give the athletes some space tonight and don't have to sit and analyze a thousand things. Confidence comes easier now, it makes it simpler going forward. We've got a good receipt, says Johannes Lukas.
We knew we'd trained well, but it's something else to train in Östersund compared to meeting the best. Now several other national teams have learned our new names and that they should keep an eye on us. We don't have to keep an eye on everyone else.
There will also be some celebrating, promises Lukas.
There will be some, we have to enjoy it. I travel around with this circus 200 days a year. If I don't think it's fun to celebrate, I'll quit and change jobs, he says.
The World Cup premiere continues with individual distance events starting on Tuesday.
