Nerves of steel – because of this, Hanna Öberg world CUP-gold

Hanna Öberg is on her third season in the skidskyttecirkusen.

Already 2016-17, she showed that she is a talent beyond the ordinary.

But it was the OLYMPIC gold medal last year, which lifted the 23-year-old to the top.

IN the world CUP pursuit Sunday was Sweden's foremost skidskyttestjärna, however, not to recognize.

Five bom for Öberg was unusual. But on Tuesday came revanschen, with the world CUP in the nhl in Östersund, sweden – after an impressive shooting in the women's long-distance track event.

With twenty hits out of twenty possible on the shooting range, in the branch where each bom to be punished by a tilläggsminut, showed Hanna Öberg that she could bounce back from Sunday's miss. And she again was able to impress in her OLYMPIC gulddisciplin.

become the star big security.

It tells the Swedish skyttetränare Johan Hagström for DN.

"If she knew that any shots were not so good, she could easily lose everything," says Hagström.

But now she has become much better at focusing on one shot at a time. It is what makes her so good right now.

in the world cup was Hanna mr öberg's overall percentage is relatively low, only 79 per cent hit. But during the fjolårssäsongen raised she, with eight percentage points – to 87.

And the figure has remained stable also in the winter.

" I worked a lot with the shooting on the eve of last season, and I have continued with this year, explains Tuesday's world CUP medalist.

" the Focus should be one shot at a time, all the time. Ooavsett if I start with a bom so I'll continue to be focused. In the past I thought maybe ”now it is running” and so it became more bom.

she shoots around 20 000 shots at training. Many, many of them just at the world CUP-dyke in Östersund.

" I have all the time the mantra ”one shot”, says Öberg.

" that is The challenge. I think it is the very essence of biathlon.

" For me it is not so much skjuttekniska parts that can fail but it is more about the mental challenge, to be 100 per cent focused. Lose I just, bit by bit, it becomes a barrier.

" I am very happy with and now I just want to become even better. It is what is required.

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