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– I’m quite tired, maybe mainly mentally, I had problems today, but I’m still on the podium and it’s very good, Öberg tells SVT Sport.
– I did not have my best day on the track and I concentrated on the dike. It is a pity that some shots have been reduced. That Tiril (Eckhoff) shot four zeros was very strong, Öberg continues.
With a kilometer to go, Marte Olsbu Röiseland turned away from Öberg, who was not sleeping very well, and scored a double Norwegian win behind Tiril Eckhoff, who has so far blocked most of Kontiolahti. Öberg was quite exhausted when she rushed across the finish line.
“I felt like I didn’t have it today”
– When he put in another gear, I felt like I didn’t have it today, but it was a magical start to the season and now we are one hundred percent recovering in the next few days to be able to drive well next weekend, Öberg sums up the fantastic days at Kontiolahti, which handed out SEK 522,000 in prizes.
– It was a fantastic race. You can’t expect her to win all the time, but it was a huge barrier to win, says SVT expert Helena Ekholm.
Johanna Skottheim stood out for a new good position with five: she moved up 15 places after shooting squarely. Elvira Öberg came out as third but after a boom in each shot she finished eighth.
– It was a great advantage, but I am very happy with what I do. I can’t understand how I started this season, says a crying Skottheim.
– It doesn’t splash on the legs, but it felt even better than I feared. I am dissatisfied but I am still eight years old. It was so close but still frustrating. Yet an approved effort, says Elvira Öberg.
Before today’s race, Hanna Öberg had three consecutive victories at Kontiolathti. She started her suite by winning the 7.5km sprint last Sunday, took another sprint victory on Thursday and was a finalist in yesterday’s relay win, the first Swedish women’s victory in nearly ten years.
Three reunited in the last shot
Öberg came in for the last shot at the same time as Eckhoff and Röiseland. Eckhoff was the only one to shoot squarely, while the Swede and Röiseland each had their round of penalties and came 22 and 23 seconds behind.
On the third shot, the first on foot, Öberg entered at the same time as Röiseland. Each of them blocked their shot and entered the penalty shootout at the same time. Tiril Eckhoff fired full and out at the same time as the close couple. It was a duel with two Norwegians. And an unexpected result with Eckhoff as the winner.
– It’s very, very cute. I’ve struggled like this in recent weeks, Eckhoff tearfully tells NRK.
On the second horizontal shot, Öberg got a boom, a rough one after four centers, but fired in less than 29 seconds and then Marte Olsbu Röiseland, who came four, new second, ten seconds behind the Swede.
On the first horizontal shot, runner-up Anais Chevalier-Bouchet had nearly reached the lead in nine seconds from the start. However, Öberg was quick and confident on the embankment and filled the boards in 27 seconds while the Frenchwoman had a boom and had to take a penalty. After the first shot, Öberg led by 31 seconds.
Öberg: “Magical start to the season”:
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