The gold medalist in the mass start, Elvira Öberg, waited for her sister Hanna Öberg, who came last, to give her a hug before she herself started celebrating – Johannes Lukas thinks this is greater than clinking gold, silver, and bronze.
It's about team spirit, which he believes is perhaps the most important weapon for succeeding in competitions during a long championship when you've already been on the road for many weeks.
What I take with me from the World Championship, and what we should be incredibly proud of, is that we maintain our energy and joy throughout all seven weeks we were away. If everyone is tired and low, we wouldn't be standing here with World Championship gold, he says.
We're good at recharging, which applies to both athletes and leaders.
The Girls' World Championship
He says that team spirit will be needed even next year when it's the Olympic Games. Just like the World Championship this year, the Olympic Games will take place at high altitude in Antholz, Italy, which will require the same buildup as before the World Championship with a long high-altitude camp after a few intense competition weeks. This means being on the road for seven weeks.
It was the Swedish girls' World Championship, they took all four medals.
If you're going to be realistic, they (the boys) haven't been in as many decisive situations as many times during the season, says Lukas, thinking about the fact that the boys were eliminated in the World Championship.
What we should take with us is that despite poor preparations, we still stand there and shoot for medals on the last day.
Not Approved
Both Jesper Nelin and Martin Ponsiluoma had medal positions before the last shooting in the mass start, but missed.
The biggest male hopes before the World Championship, Sebastian Samuelsson and Martin Ponsiluoma, do not give themselves a passing grade for their World Championship performance.
Mixed relay: 4) Sweden (Anna Magnusson, Hanna Öberg, Martin Ponsiluoma, Sebastian Samuelsson).
Sprint, women: 9) Ella Halvarsson, 10) Elvira Öberg, 19) H Öberg, 20) Magnusson.
Men: 14) Jesper Nelin, 24) Samuelsson, 27) Ponsiluoma, 60) Viktor Brandt.
Pursuit, women: 2) E Öberg, 7) Magnusson, 9) Halvarsson, 11) H Öberg.
Men: 9) Ponsiluoma, 11) Nelin, 13) Samuelsson, 51) Brandt.
Individual, women: 2) Halvarsson, 6) E Öberg, 28) Magnusson, 43) H Öberg.
Men: 14) Nelin, 19) Ponsiluoma, 42) Brandt, 47) Samuelsson.
Single mixed relay: 5) Sweden (Halvarsson, Samuelsson).
Relay, women: 3) Sweden (Magnusson, Halvarsson, H Öberg, E Öberg).
Men: 4) Sweden (Brandt, Nelin, Ponsiluoma, Samuelsson.
Mass start, women: 1) E Öberg, 17) Halvarsson, 19) Magnusson, 30) H Öberg.
Men: 5) Ponsiluoma, 10) Nelin, 12) Samuelsson.
