Sebastian Samuelsson took his first individual World Cup medal on Sunday.
One who followed the race with great excitement was his mother Sofia Samuelsson.
- It was very nervous with a high pulse and stomach pain.
But there are no alternatives not to watch but you have to go through it, she says to SVT Sport.
Is it harder to check at home than on the spot?
- Yes, I thought about it earlier today, it is much easier to be in place.
When you are in place, you have so many people around you.
Will celebrate with champagne
Sebastian Samuelsson managed to sprint down the Norwegian Johannes Thingnes Bö in the riot.
- Had it been a few weeks ago, I probably would have thought it would be a loss.
But after the sprint Sebastian looked very strong in the track and he looked strong today so I thought that Johannes will surely catch up and I was absolutely sure that there would be medals when they went out.
But I never thought he would take the silver.
How are you going to celebrate this?
- There will be some champagne and good food.
Then it will probably be a walk tonight and just digest everything, at first it will be so unreal and it needs to sink in for a while, says Sofia Samuelsson.