The Swedish biathlon women secured victory on Sunday after a dramatic final round. However, the incident between the final runner Hanna Öberg and the Norwegian Ingrid Landmark Tindrevold ensured plenty of speech.
It was the crucial scene in the relay thriller of Antholz: Sweden and Norway are at the top on the last round. But before the target sprint occurs, Hanna Öberg and Ingrid Landmark Tindrevold get caught in the fight for the best starting position. The Norwegian fell and can no longer intervene in the fight for victory.
Accordingly, the first reaction of the 28-year-olds on television in Norwegian was accordingly significantly. “It doesn’t happen often that I really get angry. In this case, I was,” said a frustrated Tankrevold at “NRK”.
At the finish line, Öberg desperately sought her opponent to apologize for the scene. “Of course I am happy that we won. But I would have liked to have done it in a different way,” said the 29-year-old at the Swedish broadcaster “SVT”. “I would have liked a fair fight to the line,” said the winner.
German biathlon relay in Antholz chipped off
And also Tangrevold had to admit that the fall was not solely due to the behavior of her rival. “I am not a fan of blaming someone else. These things happen and today it was just bitter for me and the team,” she later clarified “SVT”.
In any case, she couldn’t say whether she would have hit Öberg by the wayside. “Maybe the result would have been the same if the sprint had come. But of course it will go through my head a few more times,” admitted Tandrevold.
The German season had not been able to intervene in the B-line-up with Marlene Fichtner, Sophia Schneider, Julia Kink and Johanna Puff for the front places. The quartet ended up in eighth place after ten relays 3: 24.7 minutes behind winners of Sweden.