The organizer had tried to salt the curves but it didn't help.
The start was delayed a quarter of an hour to prepare the track further.
- I didn't get ahead.
It was really frustrated out there.
The skis just disappear under one.
It's like blank ice cream.
You could have driven Ski Classics and staked around just as fast.
I don't understand how they could have done such a bad job and not gone out and pisted before, continues Ponsilouma.
It was joked at the competition that it was a skating competition.
- I guess they skied the tracks last night but it was very cold last night and froze.
Maybe they would have gone out and dusted once more this morning to tear it up and then we would have had "sugar" instead, says expert Helena Ekholm.
He is supported by the legendary Ole Einar Björndalen.
- I think it's stupid.
I think it's lousy of IBU, says the icon according to VG.
"The worst conditions I've had"
Sebastian Samuelsson picked eleven places from 17th to sixth.
Man he was pissed off afterwards.
- These are the worst conditions I have ever had from the Sweden Cup to the World Cup.
It's a shame when they had such good conditions to work with and then they do it so incredibly poorly.
The organizer but also the IBU (International Biathlon Union) should have a lot of criticism for this, because in a way they are ruining this competition, says Sebastian Samuelsson.
- We found out ten minutes before the start that they changed the course to avoid the worst corner, so it was very, very special.
It's sad considering how nice it could have been today, Samuelsson continues.