Anna Magnusson struggled to hold back the tears. It didn't work. She let them flow. "It's a lot harder than I thought to be fourth," she says in a voice that doesn't quite hold up.
SportsThe French biathlon women show once again that it is possible to perform at the top – despite controversies within the team. You don't have to be friends to be able to perform, says Justine Braisaz-Bouchet after the French relay victory in the World Cup premiere.
SportsGreat drama decided the World Cup in biathlon on the women's side. The Frenchwoman Lou Jeanmonnot and the German Franziska Preuss were neck and neck on the final lap. Then Jeanmonnot fell and Preuss could easily take home the overall World Cup.
SportsHanna Öberg shot for the year's first individual victory in the World Cup – but the very last shot was a miss and the first place slipped out of her hands. In the end, it was a second place for the 29-year-old in the short distance competition in Pokljuka and a personal best for fourth-placed Anna-Karin Heijdenberg. "Really nice," says Hanna Öberg to SVT about the podium finish.
SportsIt became a bomb in the last and decisive shot - but it was enough anyway. Hanna Öberg delivered the season's best individual performance when she finished second in the pursuit in Czech Nove Mesto. Finally, it feels like I'm where I want to be, she says to SVT.
SportsHanna Öberg went for the season's first World Championship victory after a fine first shooting. But after two misses in the standing shooting, it was only a 14th place in the sprint in Nove Mesto. I shot a bit too slowly, haha.
SportsFrance was superior in the women's relay at the World Championship in biathlon. So superior that Julia Simon on the final lap could afford to do high five with the audience along the track. Then a stand collapsed in front of the star.
SportsIt was no World Championship medal for Ella Halvarsson and Sebastian Samuelsson in the single mixed relay. The Swedish biathlon duo finished fifth, after Samuelsson shot away the bronze in the final shooting. We didn't have the best skis, says Halvarsson in SVT.
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