Following pressure from the riders' committee, it has been decided that the rules for the branch need to be adjusted.

"As a consequence, we need to conduct several tests in the IBU Cup (the level below the World Cup) before we present the branch on the biggest stage," the IBU wrote on Twitter.

The super sprint will be replaced with a hunt start, and in addition there will be a sprint and mass start.

Samuelsson is critical

Sebastian Samuelsson belongs to the group of biathletes who have previously been critical of the introduction of a new branch taking place so late in the competition season.

- I would rather have seen it on a premiere weekend or that it had been tried before before it became so important, the 23-year-old told SVT Sport in April.

The new branch will be decided, according to previous regulations, on a course that is one kilometer long. 30 skiers advance from the qualifiers and then start at the same time in the final where four shots and five laps will be completed.