Hanna Öberg and Sebastian Samuelsson have had great success in the WC so far and form the duo in Thursday's single mixed relay.

Despite four WC medals together, they are not the biggest favourites.

It is Norway instead, with the dominant Johannes Thingnes Bö and the big star Marte Olsbu Röiseland.

Olsbu Röiseland, who had health problems during the season, withdrew from Wednesday's distance race for strain reasons.

"Found a nice flow"

Hanna Öberg's upload is different – ​​she won the distance race.

Something she hopes hasn't worn too much on her body.

- I think this will still give some energy.

Most of the girls have competed today, it's probably only Marte who hasn't.

It will probably be pretty similar.

Öberg believes in a tight and fast-paced competition.

- We know that mixed singles is extremely tight.

There are small margins and you cannot afford big mistakes.

But me and Sebbe have found a nice flow in this championship.

We hope to ride on that.

Björndalen before the relay

The Norwegian biathlon legend Ole-Einar Björndalen, now the expert on Norwegian TV2, believes that Norway, Sweden, France and Germany will fight at the top.

- The Norwegian team is extremely strong.

Marte Olsbu Röiseland has taken a rest day today so the Norwegian team is very well prepared.

An advantage for Norway is that Marte is a fairly quick and sure shooter.

It could be exciting, I think maybe Sweden has a chance to beat Norway, but it will be very exciting, he says in SVT's World Cup magazine.

Thursday's broadcast from the single mixed relay starts at 14.45 on SVT1 (the competition starts at 15.10).