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Hanna Öberg was in charge of the World Cup competitions just before Christmas.
But Björn Ferry doesn’t think her break will result in anything big.
– I don’t think she’s in super duper shape, he says to SVT Sport.
It has not gone as expected too Hanna Öberg29, this year. During the first four individual World Cup races, her best was 13th place. Of course, she has not been satisfied with that.
Björn Ferry’s concern for Hanna Öberg
In her final event, the sprint in Hochfilzen, she came a shocking 66th. After the brutal awakening, the biathlete chose to take a much-needed break. Instead of going and competing in the French Le Grand Bornand, she went home to train and rest. She had come down with a cold in the weeks before the fiasco in Austria.
– It’s still tough for Hanna. She was in bed for two weeks and her body didn’t feel quite right then. We have to analyze how we do going forward, said the national team coach John Luke after her last competition.
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Johannes Lukas maintained that he was not worried about Hanna Öberg’s downward curve, but the SVT expert Bjorn Ferry was of a different opinion.
– Yes, she has had a cold before and, of course, it usually shows – but not this much. Still, she has been healthy for three weeks so something should start to happen. Why does it have to be this slow? She should be able to ride like the others now that she is no longer ill. She is a minute behind herself, he said three weeks ago.
Björn Ferry’s new verdict on Hanna Öberg
Even now, when Hanna Öberg is back and aiming for the World Cup in Oberhof and the WC in a month, Ferry is worried about her. Unfortunately, he doesn’t think her break has resulted in much.
– I don’t understand why it has looked like this. Sometimes it’s just like that. This break she took is all about breaking patterns, you only make a small change to psychologically break a trend. Then you start on a new journey, he says in SVT Sport and continues:
– I don’t think she’s in super duper shape, but should reasonably be better now.
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On the other hand, Ferry believes more in Hanna’s little sister Elvira Öberg25. She is second overall in the World Cup with 371 points and is chasing the lead Franziska Prussia who has 565. Björn Ferry believes that Elvira can challenge for the overall victory.
– Elvira’s chances of winning are great. Everything is going her way when it comes to her worst competitors. Lisa Vitozzi breaks the season, Ingrid Landmark Dental violence operate on the heart. I don’t see Preuss being healthy as a nut for the rest of the season. It is enough for Preuss to make a bad sprint and it will turn around, he says.
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