The national biathlon team’s great veteran says thanks.
The competitions in North America will be Mona Brorsson’s last.
– It really feels like I’ve made some kind of impression and impression. It actually makes me quite proud, she tells DN.
It was during the WC that the news came that this season will be Mona Brorsson’s very last as a biathlete. During her many years in the biathlon national team, she has rarely been the one who took the most podium places or championship medals, but she has always been described as the perfect teammate, and this has made her immensely popular with the Swedish people.
Do their final races
When the news about Brorsson came, there were many Swedish biathlon stars who couldn’t hold back the tears. Since the announcement, Brorsson has been praised enormously by the Swedish people. Hanna Öberg said, among other things, that she was the glue in the group that held everyone together, and that the national biathlon team would never have become such a good group if it weren’t for the veteran.
Now Mona Brorsson is making her last trip with the gang. The Biathlon World Cup ends this season in North America, and it is therefore Brorsson’s last before she hangs up her rifle. For Brorsson, the strong reactions to her resignation have come as a shock.
– I thought that I only skied, I didn’t have the best results, but just fought on, she says to DN.
Strong words about the reactions
For Brorsson, it has always been important to be a good group, and she has put a lot of energy into making sure that is the case. She is happy that the Swedish people understood that.
– For me, it has been important with the team and that part… to be able to find other things that are important, not just results. In retrospect, it’s so nice to see that it also meant something, she says.
Before her last competitions, Brorsson believes that the reactions have been overwhelming.
– I thought that when I had passed the mixing zone there at the WC, I was done, that then I had said what I had to say. But it was little when it started, there were so many reactions. It turned out to be much bigger than I thought, says Mona Brorsson, and continues:
– But that’s what you’ve hoped, that what you’ve done must have meant something. It really feels like I’ve made some kind of impression and impression. It makes me quite proud actually.
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