Biathlon: Jesper Nelin, 14th, best of the Swedes
“ It’s a very bad start “. In front of reporters from SVT, the Swedish public television channel, Martin Ponsiluoma is not kidding himself. In front of the sprint targets at the World Biathlon Championships in Lenzerheide (Switzerland), he has just made five mistakes, including three on the bench. In other words, he immediately gave up the idea of even stepping onto the podium. ” I’m not here to compete for tenth place, it’s the top six that counts”, he reminded us.
In the end, Martin Ponsiluoma came 27th. Only his compatriot Viktor Brandt (6/10), in 60th place, did worse. “It’s really frustrating. I’ve been shooting incredibly well recently, and it’s sad not to be able to repeat that in competition,” the Scandinavian toldAftonbladet. He added: “It’s as if the target was smaller today than usual”.
The other members of the team did not shine either, at least not in terms of their ambitions for these competitions held in Grisons. In any case, none of them threatened the three men who received medals, Johannes Thingnes Boe, Campbell Wright and Quentin Fillon-Maillet.
Jesper Nelin finished 14th.“I’m satisfied all the same,” he commented. Particularly with his shot. “ 9/10 is always good,” he says. The Swede just regrets having been “a bit passive” in the second round.
Sebastian Samuelsson, 24th, was in a completely different frame of mind after the sprint. ” I’m disappointed, I was hoping for much better,” he said in the mixed zone.
No doubt everyone will be keen to turn things around in the coming days.
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