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Sebastian Samuelsson has been mocked and sawed.
But in social media, “Sebbe” has been showered with love from teammates, competitors and other Swedish sports profiles.
“Lucky you will soon get a chance for revenge”, writes Ebba Andersson on Instagram.
It was a nightmare race for Sebastian Samuelsson in the premiere of the Biathlon World Cup. In the fourth and final leg of the mixed relay, he completely blew away Sweden’s medal chances with lousy shooting.
Sebbe’s fiasco
The 25-year-old missed a total of six shots on the prone shooting and had to ride three penalty rounds. Sweden eventually finished in ninth place, several minutes behind gold team Norway, and Samuelsson broke down in tears after the race.
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Since then, the Swede has been mocked and sawed in the Norwegian media and had to endure harsh criticism from the Swedish experts Uschi Disl and Bjorn Ferry. On Wednesday evening, the explanation for the lousy shooting came from Samuelsson himself.
“One of the toughest experiences so far in my career. Obviously very disappointed. After the race, it turned out that the screws holding the rifle to the stock were loose,” he wrote along with a picture on Instagram, see it below.
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Huge support
After all the harsh words against him, Samuelsson has now been showered with love from all sorts of different quarters. On Instagram, his picture has received over 15,000 likes and 1,800 comments from teammates, competitors and other Swedish sports profiles who want to show their great support for “Sebbe”.
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It has brought in hearts and encouraging words from Swedes such as Elvira Öberg, Hanna Öberg, Stina Nilsson, Lynn Persson, Mona Brorsson, Johanna Skottheim, Anna Magnusson, Tilda Johansson, Martin Ponsiluoma, Frida Karlsson, Jonna Sundling, Johanna Hagström, Moa Ilar, Magdalena Forsberg, Elisabeth Högberg, Helena Ekholm and several others.
“I have a feeling that someone will be wild next race,” writes the teammate Jesper Nelin on Instagram.
“Lucky you will soon get a chance for revenge,” writes the cross-country skier Ebba Andersson.
“You will come again!”, writes the sprint star Emma Ribom.
“Forza, fight on!”, writes the football legend Thomas Brolin.
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Several foreign biathletes also want to send their support to Sebastian Samuelsson.
“Stand on champ”, writes the Norwegian star skater Tiril Eckhoff on Instagram.
“Be strong,” writes the French profile Quentin Fillon Maillet.
“A new day on Saturday”, writes the Czech competitor Michal Krcmar.
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