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Expectations were high for Elvira Öberg before the WC.
But she failed to live up to them in Nove Mesto.
Now Björn Ferry says what everyone is thinking about little sister Öberg.
She is Sweden’s best biathlete in the overall World Cup. But the big goal of the season has always been the Biathlon World Cup and everything was set up for a success Elvira Öberg.
Öberg disappointed
The Swedish biathlon star also entered the championship with the dream of winning his very first individual WC medal in his career. It was also a good start with WC bronze directly in the premiere race, which was the mixed relay.
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But after that, nothing at all went right for little sister Öberg, and two weeks later we can state the great disappointment. Elvira is forced to leave the WC without a single individual medal around her neck, and speaking for her effort is that she ends the championship with a 22nd place in the mass start.
Ferry’s honest words
The TV expert Bjorn Ferry also singles out the 24-year-old as the biggest disappointment in this year’s Biathlon World Cup.
– I personally expected more from Elvira Öberg. She is the only one who was not sick over Christmas and has been able to train completely according to plan since the summer. Everything has gone according to plan all the way up to the WC. The preparations have gone well and she will come here to the WC and so: Well…, he says to SVT.
– There was talk about the skis at the beginning, but the question is whether that was it. It’s like the real top form hasn’t been there. It is a miscalculation both for Elvira herself and also for me.
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In any case, Elvira Öberg got a little revenge during the last WC weekend, when she was part of the Swedish women’s team that took WC silver in the relay. But she still has to wait another year for that first individual WC medal.
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When Ferry sums up the World Championship, it is an obvious moment that will be the very best memory from the World Cup.
– I have to say the men’s relay. That it will be that gold is absolutely huge. It is the first time that a Swedish relay team wins a WC in relay. It is so big that it will be remembered in 60 or 100 years, too, he tells the television channel.
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