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By the time the Swede finished his two rounds of penalties, he had dropped to 10th place.
Samuelsson hit the hill with the stick as he crossed the finish line.
– My rifle broke, the hook was gone, and standing up I felt like I could barely hold the rifle. I don’t understand how I was able to shoot squarely in the first stand. Then there was a bit of extra tension on the last one and then it didn’t feel right when that hook went off, so it didn’t work. I’m disappointed, Samuelsson tells SVT Sport.
– I was surprised when I saw the rifle and that the hook was loose. You shouldn’t blame anything, but today was very bitter, says Samuelsson, who felt more alert in the body today.
Double French at the head
He was double French in the lead through Quentin Fillon Maillet and Emelien Jacquelin, who fired full and fast and were very fast in the snowfall at Hochfilzen.
– In any case, he had to re-fire on the last shot and a 10th place is fine, says Ferry of Samuelsson’s effort, before he found out about the problem with the broken rifle.
On the third saved shot, Samuelsson once again had a full drive and came out third, 37-26 seconds behind Fillon Maillet and Jacquelin.
In the second horizontal shot, many shot well. Samuelsson held up well and also shot completely and came out sixth, 31 seconds behind leader Fillon Maillet.
Just before the first break, Samuelsson crashed into a ditch in the woods at a tight turn, where many were in trouble and fell, but were able to get up quickly and lost only a few seconds. What I didn’t know then was that a hook on the back cover, an important detail in the standing shot, was gone and would have consequences later in the competition, Samuelsson pulled himself together and then fired full on the first lie and went out to eight. , 35 seconds behind the leader. Fillon Maillet.
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CLIP: Watch when Sebastian Samuelsson falls into the ditch