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Stina Nilsson has had a very tough season.
Much has already been said about the Swedish biathlete.
But now SVT expert Björn Ferry says what everyone is really thinking.
The fourth season as a biathlete was not fun at all Stina Nilsson. The 30-year-old got the chance at the World Cup at the beginning of winter, but after two major disappointments in races, she was kicked from the Swedish A national team.
Nilsson’s season
Instead, Nilsson had to continue competing in the level below, namely the IBU Cup. It also led to Stina being kicked out of the Biathlon World Cup for the second year in a row.
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The former Olympic and World Cup gold medalist in cross-country skiing then remained in the IBU Cup for several months. It wasn’t until spring that Stina again got the chance to compete at World Cup level again and participated in the closing weeks in the USA and Canada.
Ferry about Stina
But there, too, Nilsson didn’t manage to impress particularly and she unfortunately has to summarize a fiasco season where the development did not progress as a biathlete. When the SVT expert Bjorn Ferry handing out grades for the Swedish biathletes, he gives her a second on a five-digit scale.
– Stina Nilsson, the enigma Stina Nilsson. Well, she barely gets a pass. The shooter in the first season was good for being a beginner, but now she is still at that level and it is the fourth season. Stina Nilsson doesn’t want that and I think she has to take a new approach, says Ferry to SVT.
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The TV expert still has hopes that Nilsson can reverse this bad trend and become successful in biathlon.
– I think Stina can turn this around and maybe get a fourth next year, then a fifth in two years. But then she has to rethink and do something new. Go back to being the boss of your own venture. I think that could be the model going forward, admits Ferry.
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Among the other biathletes, sheep Hanna Öberg a third, Elvira Öberg also a third and also Lynn Persson gets a third. While popular Mona Brorsson gets five out of five possible.
– Great! It’s Mona’s last season and she ends her career on a high. It is her best season ever and she takes her best individual placing at the World Cup. Congratulations Mona on a good season, says Ferry to the television channel.
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