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Stina Nilsson was well on her way to a good placement in the EC premiere in Lenzerheide.
Then she shot four misses, and finished in 47th place.
– I have to take the consequences, says Nilsson to SVT Sport.
Stina Nilsson was tapped from the squad that goes to Oberhof to open the Biathlon World Cup on February 8. Instead, the Swede got the chance to assert herself in the EC premiere in Switzerland and Lenzerheide on Wednesday. But it didn’t go as planned.
Stina self-critical
Nilsson certainly started the distance race in a good way, and the chance for top positions was very much alive. But then the 29-year-old shot four misses, plummeted to 47th place and finished over five minutes behind the winner Lisa Maria Spark from Germany.
– I’m not satisfied with how I completed the last stand, obviously, and would have done differently if I had to do it over, says Stina Nilsson to SVT Sport.
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Stina Nilsson continues:
– I only change position after four shots and then I set it. If I had only been able to stop after two booms, the damage could have been repaired a little more. But now I made that decision and have to take the consequences and penalty minutes for it.
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“A little grumpy”
This is exactly what Nilsson has talked about together with the national team’s shooting coach Jean-Marc Chabloz.
– When you can’t find a position, you must dare to interrupt the series and start again. But I’m a bit grumpy and would rather keep shooting. It is absolutely about getting used to a shooting behavior that is not favorable, she tells the site.
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Despite the breakdown in the last shoot, Stina Nilsson is satisfied with the performance in general, as she was in the competition for so long.
– It was still funnest that it came at the end. Now I felt like I had the chance to do something good and it’s a fun experience I take with me.
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