– What is happening with Ida there is incredibly boring. It hurts to watch. We know that she does her best, but then she doesn’t succeed. It hurts, said Juni Arnekleiv to news. After completing the second leg, she sent Ida Lien out in second place. Norway chased Estonia and were fully involved in the gold medal game after a messy start from the favorites France. But then it stopped completely for Lien in the standing shooting. After a series of five shots and then three extra shots, two out of five flashes remained for Norway. In other words, only three of eight shots were hits for Lien, who had to go through two penalty rounds. – I feel that I am scratching our heads and ass out of the baton in the standing shooting. It’s no fun ruining a team, she tells TV 2 after the race. – It is sad to see that facial expression. She is so desperate. It’s so easy to read, said news’s commentator Jann Post. – It is a very heavy experience at the stand. She is distraught as she goes out. This standing nightmare continues a bit, added expert commentator Torgeir Bjørn. – Someone has to take care of Ida Lien afterwards. Because this was a real blow, said TV 2’s commentator Ole Kristian Stoltenberg. IN TEARS: Ida Lien. Photo: NTB It was even worse for Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, who had to go through three penalty rounds in standing shooting. – It is absolutely terrible, unfortunately, to see Ingrid shoot the way she is doing now, said Ola Lunde. – There is no solution right around the corner now. Unfortunately, unfortunately. She came to the WC as the world’s best biathlete and had a real chance of a bronze. She is once again punched in the face. It’s simply just sad, said Bjørn. – Ingrid is a strong girl, but there is a limit to how much a person must endure. It’s a big burden. It is the WC and important races that she has been looking forward to. Now it is important that she gets peace and can prepare as she wants, said TV 2’s expert commentator Ole Einar Bjørndalen. Norway eventually finished in tenth place, more than three and a half minutes behind gold winner France. – Sports should be fun, but they probably don’t feel that right now, says Bjørn after the finish line. – I feel completely fine, says Tandrevold herself to TV 2 after the finish line, and says that she gambled in an attempt to get back into the medal race. – We’ve had a really crappy championship, but never got so much love from home. It means a lot, she continues. With a total of five penalty rounds and 16 extra shots, Norway was the nation that received both the most penalty rounds and used the most extra shots of the 14 nations that finished. The results of the Norwegian women’s relay in the WC and Olympics since 2010 Olympics in 2010: 4th place WC in 2011: 5th place WC in 2012: Bronze WC in 2013: Gold Olympic in 2014: Silver WC in 2015: 4th place WC in 2016: Gold WC in 2017: 11th place Olympics in 2018: 4th place WC in 2019: Gold WC in 2020: Gold WC in 2021: Gold Olympics in 2022: 4th place WC in 2023: 6th place WC in 2024 : 10th place Heavy WC so far The Norwegian biathlon women have had a good season this winter, but struggled to show their best earlier in the WC. In the three individual competitions for the women earlier in the championship, Juni Arnekleiv’s 14th place in last week’s sprint is the best. Admittedly, Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold took part in taking silver and bronze in the mixed relay and pair relay, while Karoline Knotten was with the silver team in the mixed relay, but it was a Norwegian team that was chasing a lift at the starting line on Saturday’s relay. Earlier in the season, the relay has also been a success for the Norwegian women, who lead the relay cup in the World Cup. Both the relay in Östersund and Hochfilzen before Christmas ended with a Norwegian victory. In January it was second place in Oberhof, before a poor general test in Ruhpolding followed with a tenth place. Thanks to the greasers, Norway started with Knotten, who had to stand over the start of the chase and the normal distance earlier in the WC with motion sickness. On the opening stage, she let Lou Jeanmonnot get a gap on the first lap. The French woman shot full in both of her shootings, while Knotten needed an extra shot in both shootings. However, Knotten impressed on the trail, where she glided absolutely fantastically. This allowed her to send Juni Arnekleiv out in second place, just 16.4 seconds behind France. – I had fantastic skiing. I was number five at the top and first at the bottom. It was just incredibly fun. Then the smearers: Thank you, thank you very much. A great feeling, Knotten sums up. ENCOURAGING START: Karoline Knotten gave Norway a good start, but it did not end well for the Norwegian team. Photo: NTB France came back after a crack – Estonia shocked The second stage was characterized by a lot of variable shooting. Among the best performers was Estonia. With only two extra shots, Tuuli Tomingas took Estonia from third to first place. – A shock that it is Estonia that comes first, said news’s commentator Jann Post when Estonia changed first after two of four stages, 19.2 seconds ahead of Norway. THE LEAD: Tomingas sent Estonia into the lead halfway through. Photo: AP It was far more difficult for France. Sophie Chauveau had to go out in the penalty round both lying and standing, which meant that the French stars Justine Braisaz-Bouchet and Julia Simon had a big job ahead of them. They did it with flying colors and won ahead of Sweden and Germany, while Estonia also did an impressive job on the last two stages and came fourth.
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