By Philip O’Connor
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) – Former Olympic cross-country ski champion Stina Nilsson should wait a little bit longer to make her Olympic debut as a biathlete after being ignored for Sweden’s four-woman crew for Friday’s 7.5 km dash on the Beijing Video games.
The Pyeongchang cross-country dash gold medallist, who additionally took silver within the relay and crew spring occasions in 2018 earlier than asserting her shock swap to biathlon in March 2020, was thought-about for Friday’s race, however crew boss Johannes Lukas as an alternative selected to offer an Olympic debut to Anna Magnusson.
She will probably be joined at first line by Linn Persson and the Oeberg sisters, Hanna and Elvira. Mona Brorsson, whose twelfth place in Monday’s 15 km particular person race made her Sweden’s finest performer on the day, is one other stunning omission, alongside Nilsson.
Aside from the dash, there are three different races for girls nonetheless to happen on the Beijing Video games and the 28-year-old Nilsson might nonetheless make her debut in Beijing, more than likely within the 10 km pursuit race on Feb. 13 or the 4×6 km relay on Feb. 16.
(Reporting by Philip O’Connor; Enhancing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
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