At the same time, the Swedes were far from the podium. Ella Halvarsson, the championship debutant, became the best Swedish in ninth place.
The standing shooter destroyed the competition in Swiss Lenzerheide for Sweden’s representatives, Anna Magnusson, Hanna Öberg, Elvira Öberg and Ella Halvarsson.
All four began the World Cup sprint promising, but when it started to contract, they shot themselves in standing and the medal chances disappeared.
The gold went to superb Justine Braisaz-Bouchet from France. Behind there it was very tight where the experienced German Franzian Pruss clinched the silver, two tenths before the peel from Finland Suvi Minkkinen in third place.
– My family and my daughter are here so it’s cool to share this moment with them. I am really happy and look forward to the continuation of the championship, says the World Cup gold medalist.