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Next week, the biathlon World Cup will start in Swiss Lenzerheide.
SVT expert Mona Brorsson is now coming about Sweden’s chances of picking medals in the championship.
– I have very high hopes on the Swedish team, she tells the Sports Bible.
On Wednesday, February 12, the biathlon World Cup will start with mixed reaches, ie with both gentlemen and ladies. Already there Sweden has good chances to bring home the first championship medal from Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The World Cup is on Sunday, February 23.
It is an extremely strong Swedish squad that goes to the World Cup. The women’s side is included Anna MagnussonThe Elvira ÖbergThe Hanna ÖbergThe Ella HalvarssonThe Anna-Karin Heijdenberg and Johanna SkottheimThe latter two have recently performed nicely on the European Championships. The men’s team consists of Sebastian SamuelssonThe Emil NykvistThe Martin PonsiluomaThe Jesper Nelin and Viktor Brandt.
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The former national team star, now a TV expert in SVT’s Winter Studio, Mona Brorsson Is optimistic about the championship.
– I have very high hopes on the Swedish team. I think it will go really well. I think it looks like they are on a good road, a team that is about to get in really nice World Cup form. Where it is Sebastian Samuelsson and Elvira Öberg who lead the medal jumps if you say so. Both have a medal chance in each race, she says in an interview with the Sports Bible.
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Some of the Swedes, such as Sebastian Samuelsson, Ella Halvarsson and Elvira Öberg, have shown good form during parts of the season. Others have had a little more difficult. Mona also wants to highlight those who are not necessarily the biggest stars.
– I absolutely think that Elvira will be on the podium in individual races, and as it has looked, we also have fantastic opportunities in all relays. It is absolutely incredible what strong they are. But I also see in front of me how those who are not the fix stars, that they also have a chance in each race. So there are incredibly strong teams that will go there, she says.
Several of the Swedish practitioners have shown really fast skiing during the season so far, but on the collective front, the shooting has not maintained the same high quality. Mona Brorsson believes that it is a bit about mental obstacles.
– They have made some changes they have talked about for this year. It may be that it takes some time before everything comes into place. I believe that at team level it is very easy to say that it is too bad shooting. Then all their individual reasons have that make it much more difficult to say what to change, she says and continues:
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– It is really something that everyone must be able to go to themselves and try to find a reason for. I know what it was like for my own part, I think. For me, it was a lot of “thoughts” as well. It is easy to get stuck in negative spirals and break patterns. Just that you have started to shoot badly, the only thing you want to shoot is full. The more you think about it, the harder it becomes. It can be difficult to break that pattern.
Really hope Mona Brorsson is right in what she says that Sweden can challenge for medals in every race at the World Cup. Of course, we hold our thumbs and cheer the Swedes during the championship!
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