Hanna Oeberg Anchors Sweden to Antholz Relay Win
Sweden’s Hanna Oeberg and Norway’s Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold battled on the anchor leg of this afternoon’s Antholz Women’s 4 X 6 km Relay until 300 meters before the finish when Oeberg’s ski pole accidentally tripped the Norwegian, knocking her to the snow. Hanna skied away to a 1:07:26 Swedish win. Hanna, Johanna Skottheim, Ella Halvarsson and Anna Magnusson used six spare rounds in their second relay win of the season.
“I really wanted a fair fight”
The Swedish star was happy about the victory, but not with the scenario in the stadium that took away the potential drama. “I am very happy about the relay; my teammates did really great laps. Of course, I wanted to take it to the finish line in a good way. I feel so, so bad about what happened with Ingrid in the stadium. I really wanted a fair fight. It was nothing by my intent to trip her. I am really sorry about that, but really happy about the win.”
“Showed how good a team we are”
She continued, adding about the strength of the team that was missing her sister Elvira, out with a cold. “We showed how good a team we are. We’ve been competing with six or seven girls; it shows that we have really good strength. Today, France was the really big favorite, but we showed that when we come together, we can give them a match.”
Norway, with seven spares finished second, 13.4 seconds back. France, with eight spares finished third, 23.6 seconds back.
Switzerland with a penalty and eight spares finished fourth, 2:13.8 back. Italy with a penalty and nine spares finished fifth, 2:17.4 back, just nipping Ukraine, with seven spares, 2:17.9 back.
Photos: IBU/Yevenko, Nordic Focus
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