Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold went out hard, far too hard, in Friday's sprint.
- I went on a classic high altitude bang today, I really wanted to be part of the start and be a part of the race.
I opened well but had to pay for it already halfway in, says Tandrevold to NRK.
Had to hang on to a medal
Despite the hard opening, the 25-year-old managed to shoot flawlessly in both the horizontal and vertical shooting and thus had a hang on an Olympic medal before the end, but the price she had paid so far turned out to be too high.
- To be honest, I do not remember much of the race from the second lap and in.
It is quite obvious that I did not manage the race as well as I should have done, but no one can say that I did not give everything, says Tandrevold.
- This can happen when you are up at high altitude, get too little oxygen and maybe run a little empty, then it is difficult to remember what happened, says NRK's biathlon expert Liv Grete Skjelbreid.
Finished five
In the end, it was a fifth place for Tandrevold.
- I dug as deep as I could and as deep as I could, I had nothing more to give.