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Elvira Öberg has not been recognized during the spring.
Now father Tomas Öberg seems to have found the explanation for the problem.
– We suspect that she has it, he tells SportExpressen.
The medal jump Elvira Öberg came to the Biathlon World Cup with huge hopes. But it didn’t go at all as the Swedish star had planned and the championship was a big disappointment.
Öberg’s problem
She was plagued by illnesses and was forced to stand over several races. There were only three races started for little sister Öberg, but she had difficulty performing and only managed to win a single medal, a bronze medal in the women’s relay.
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But the nightmare continued even after the Biathlon World Cup and affected the entire end of the season. During the season finale in Holmenkollen, it was a total fiasco and an incredibly modest 72nd place in the sprint.
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Elvira’s mystery
It has been a big mystery around Elvira Öberg and now dad thinks Tomas Öberg that he has found the explanation.
– We suspect that she has post-covid and that this is what has held her back. At the WC, she was not close to the capacity she usually is, he tells SportExpressen.
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That particular WC relay may have been far too devastating for Elvira. It was long uncertain whether she would run it and the decision that she did may have spoiled the season finale.
– That she ran the relay… Of course, now it was a medal. But we think that’s where it settled on the body. So when things turned out like they did in Holmenkollen, it was just a matter of getting her home, says father Öberg in the interview.
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Now the biathlon season is over and Öberg gets a valuable rest after this tough spring. Hopefully she will have shaken off all this soon and can start loading up for the upcoming season in the best possible way.
– We have to hope that she has recovered when it is time to restart and start training hard again, says Tomas Öberg to the evening newspaper.
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