With three races left, Elvira Öberg was second in the overall World Cup, 82 points behind leader Marte Olsbu Röiseland.
But in today's sprint, Elvira Öberg blocked three shots at the first, lying down, shooting, and the starting position thus deteriorated very much.
- Sad.
There, the chance for the overall World Cup disappeared, stated SVT Sports expert Björn Ferry after the shooting.
- I read the wind wrong, quite simply.
I think I'll end up on the left and screw on the right.
But then I hear that all the barriers ended up on the right.
It was sour, says Elvira Öberg to SVT Sport.
"Not the best"
Hanna Öberg's horizontal shooting was even worse than her little sister's.
She blocked four shots.
- It was not the best they could have done, stated shooting coach Johan Hagström, who did not think that the external conditions were the explanation for the failure:
- I think it's that you start to get a little tired.
And so it's the last weekend, so maybe it's a little nervous too.
Over half a minute after
Things went better for the Öberg sisters on the horizontal shot.
Elvira Öberg shot full there, and Hanna Öberg blocked "only" one shot.
But the distance to the lead was too great, and in the finish Elvira Öberg was just over 1.30 behind Tiril Eckhoff, who won.
Hanna Öberg was just under a minute later, in 39th place, and has now lost her third place in the total to a fourth place.
- It will be an anticlimax very early.
Of course, I would have liked to do it much better than this, she says.
Öberg in 17th place
Marte Olsbu Röiseland also did a good competition.
She missed a shot, and looks to finish third, 9.4 seconds behind Eckhoff.
Röiseland now has a 106 point lead, with 120 points left to compete for, when Elvira Öberg finished in 17th place.
- I have been very nervous, I can admit that.
If you have such a large management, it is easy to think that the only thing you can do is destroy it, but I got a little nervous on my nerves yesterday, says Röiseland to SVT Sport.
Stina Nilsson became the best Swede, in 16th place.