Elvira Öberg is ill and refrains from this week's World Cup competitions in biathlon in Nove Mesto. Ella Halvarsson has also had cold symptoms after the World Championship, but is back in training and follows the team to the Czech Republic.
SportsCan Sebastian Samuelsson repeat last year's success? Will Elvira Öberg find her form after the illness? And will Norwegian legend Johannes Thingnes Bø get a dream finish in his last championship? Here's everything you need to know ahead of the Biathlon World Championship.
SportsNow it is clear who will get the last spots on the team for the Biathlon World Championship. The trio Anna-Karin Heijdenberg, Johanna Skottheim and Emil Nykvist have been selected for the championship.
SportsAnna-Karin Heijdenberg's success in the Biathlon European Championship continues. After her third consecutive medal – silver in the pursuit despite four misses – the World Championship spot is near. I'm enjoying it, says the 24-year-old to SVT.
SportsFirst bronze, then gold. Anna-Karin Heijdenberg's European Championship success in Italy just continues. It was the perfect race, says the biathlete who was 49.3 seconds ahead of the runner-up in the sprint race.
SportsAnna-Karin Heijdenberg and Emil Nykvist took hold of the two last spots for the biathlon World Championship. Both took bronze when the European Championship began.
SportsA fine breadth – but without that real top. This is how the Swedish performance can be summed up in the men's biathlon pursuit. Then Sebastian Samuelsson promises better results in the World Championship that awaits. I'm going to the World Championship to win medals, he says to SVT.
SportsMartin Ponsiluoma was on his way to the season's first podium place in Friday's World Cup sprint in Antholz. But then he missed the last two shots. Hope I'll hit them at the World Championship instead, says the Swedish biathlete.
SportsIt was a Norwegian victory in the men's distance race in biathlon in German Ruhpolding. When the Bø brothers shot themselves out, Vebjørn Sørum stepped forward. After perfect shooting and faster skiing than Emilien Claude, he won with almost a minute ahead of the Frenchman.
SportsThe national team debutants Ella Halvarsson, Anna-Karin Heijdenberg and Anton Ivarsson have been selected for the World Cup premiere in biathlon in Finnish Kontiolahti. "We have seen a strong drive in both our established skiers and the new ones in the A-team," says national team coach Johannes Lukas.
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