It looked good for Sweden.
Linn Persson stood for a strong first distance and Mona Brorsson shot full in the horizontal shooting and was strong in the ride.
But a collapse in the standing shooter made it really.
Brorsson missed five shots, had to go two penalty rounds and gave Sweden a tough starting position before the second half of the relay.
- I think it's sick boring.
I come in and have got the race exactly where I want.
I am calm and satisfied but I get a lot of bender and it is not possible to control.
I think you can almost see it in the cameras, says Brorsson after the race.
She says that the bender did not have much to do with any mental ghosts when she enters the shooting range.
- I'm not nervous but I feel super comfortable.
I come in with a good placement and think this is perfect.
But it worked and I talked a bit with the other girls I went with and there were several who said the same thing, that they had also suffered from bendarr.
It's so hard to say why, everyone felt we had a pleasant lap but it will come anyway.
Of course it affects the mental, but it is a combination, says Brorsson.
She handed over to Elvira Öberg who finished ninth in the third leg.
But very strong riding by Elvira Öberg made sure that Sweden went up as third.
It was also the final place after Hanna Öberg sprinted past Marte Olsbu Röiseland at the end.
- Of course I wanted to send Elvira into a better position.
You get disappointed in yourself, but at the same time I know that every six seconds counts.
I kept it together well, had a good ride today so that bit is perfectly okay.
It is the stand-up shooter who must get better, says Brorsson.