The Frenchwoman says at the same time that "I didn't make any mistake" when the two fell shortly before the first shot on the initial stretch as the Biathlon World Championship got underway in Lenzerheide.
It's a race and the snow made it difficult to drive, says Julia Simon.
At the same time, she sent an apology to Magnusson and Sweden.
I feel for her and her team.
Right to give her a pole
Simon lost both her poles in the fall – one of them she got was from the Swedish team, according to SVT's broadcast.
I think it's right. It should be "fair play", says Anna Magnusson to TT.
If it's the Swedes who are running and giving poles to people, I think it says a lot about us.
For Simon, the first stretch ended with her being able to switch over to France as the leader – and the reigning champion nation was finally able to march towards the World Championship gold.
For Magnusson, it was instead a ski change before the final lap and after the final shot.
I see that she looks broken. So I drive the second lap and try to feel if it's broken, how does it feel? I'm afraid it will break, says Anna Magnusson and continues:
It clearly takes some time to change skis. I don't directly train to do it as fast as possible.
"Very disappointing"
About the crash, she says:
I think I have a perfect position behind the German and a perfect glide. Then I only have time to see that Simon comes from the inside and then we're on the ground. I don't think there's any room there and she comes from the inside, and I'm not prepared for it either. Everything goes so fast.
Despite the incident, Magnusson avoided penalty rounds during her two shoots and was able to switch over to Hanna Öberg as twelfth. Martin Ponsiluoma and Sebastian Samuelsson took care of the two final stretches and Sweden finished fifth.
Not quite the World Championship start the Swedish team had hoped for.
It's clear that it's very disappointing, but it's the kind of thing that happens. I don't feel like I could have done anything differently either, says Anna Magnusson.
The Czech Republic took silver and Germany bronze.
Corrected version: In an earlier update, Sebastian Samuelsson was given the wrong last name.
