After today's third place in the observation competition over 7.5 km sprint in Östersund, it shone on Nilsson.

After nine months of great attention and shaky feeling about how she would be enough as a biathlete, the right feeling has finally arrived.

- It's so nice, if I go back a month and think about what biathlete I was then like when I came to Idre it was like walking on ice, I was afraid of slipping all the time and making mistakes.

I no longer feel that, but I come here and know which routines work for me.

So I'm very grateful that that bit is true.

I am growing into it more and more, Nilsson describes the change that has taken place quickly in recent times.

"Now I've grown into it"

Yesterday's flopped competition with four booms, a fall and a wrong run in the race that gave a 13th place was a miscalculation but nothing that changes the positive overall picture.

- I really hope that I have strengthened my shares today.

It is a step that I feel for myself that I am ready to take.

Two months ago I was ready.

Now I have grown into it and know how to tackle the dike more and more.

I really hope to get one of the places, says Nilsson.

Shooting coach Jean-Marc Chabloz was pleased with what he saw today:

- It was incredibly nice to see how she shot today.

Yesterday she had 2 + 2 and it is clear that it was bad shooting even if she was not completely gone.

It also happens in the World Cup that you shoot such series.

Incredibly nice that she could turn it around today.

She was determined and did as in training.

She was not shy about the embankment, the Swiss sums up the effort. 

The sports director holds the mask

The biathlon federation has ten to twelve places to play in the IBU Cup in German Arber January 11-17 (at the same time the World Cup goes to another German place, Oberhof) and sports director Anna-Maria Uuusitalo says that it will be weighted on the ladies, which means up to seven places to distribute among the ladies skiers.

The fact that the poster name Stina Nilsson, who herself clearly indicates that she wants to go, gets a place does not give particularly high odds, even if Uusitalo holds the mask.

- She is of course current and fun that she takes some revenge today, says Uusitalo who will announce the team at lunchtime tomorrow.