Despite strong riders, Norway had a bit slower in the relay. Finally, a work was started to get talented individuals to perform well in teams and with that work came in 2002 the first Norwegian Olympic gold in relay on the men's side and in 2005 came the first World Cup gold in 38 years.

After that, Norway's masters have been the best in relay. But Sweden is now a start-up. In recent years, the blue-yellow have repeatedly beaten Norway in the relay, both on the women's and men's side.

- I think it's great for the interest, says Sweden's end man Sebastian Samuelsson.

- It probably comes from Wolfgang Pichler's time. Sweden's strength is that what was lacking in individual resolutions was compensated by a fantastic team spirit, which we look forward to very much, says Tarjei Bö.

The key to success: Exercise a lot together

A key to Sweden being able to lift itself in the relay is, according to several of the riders, that the entire Swedish team lives and trains in Östersund. They are together large parts of the year.

- We become a tight group, who know each other very well. We want each other's best all the time and push each other to the max when it is a relay, says Martin Ponsiluoma, who drove the last distance for Sweden when the team unexpectedly became third in the mix relay without Hanna Öberg and Sebastian Samuelsson in the team.

- Then we also practice a lot on relay. Every week we have training sessions when we drive with extra shots for example and I think not everyone does, says Torstein Stenersen who on Saturday runs the first stretch for Sweden.

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