Elvira Öberg wins biathlon season opener in Idre by 1 minute 21 seconds

She missed once in each of the first two shoots, but then Öberg shot clean and won the 12.5-kilometer short-distance race by a wide margin.

Öberg finished 1 minute and 21 seconds ahead of runner-up Johanna Skottheim. Ella Halvarsson came third.

Conditions were good at Idre Fjäll - six degrees below zero and bright sunshine.