Johanna Skottheim accompanies to the camp in Antholz, Italy.

There she will charge as an Olympic reserve as she did not get one of the regular places.

“The last year has been a single long nightmare where the problems and setbacks eventually became a little too many for it to be possible for me to get up in time to reach my dream.

No matter how tough it is, there are 6 other girls who are and have been stronger than me, but it hurts so much when a dream crashes ", Skottheim writes on Instagram.

Stina Nilsson, who was selected, is suffering with her friend.

- This is what is so very boring with competitions and that it is a boundary that is drawn.

It is incredibly sad that it was Johanna who was not allowed to go, she says.

Luke: "Tried to explain"

Skottheim was part of the Swedish relay team that finished second in the relay in German Ruhpolding.

- It is obviously a tough message for Johanna.

We've talked to her and tried to explain.

It's not easy .. We will really work forward, she has had a very strong comeback and I am very proud of her, says the biathlon national team's head coach Johannes Lukas.