Tag: Sebastian Samuelsson

  • Wolfgang Pichler: dictator, cult leader or genius?

    Wolfgang Pichler: dictator, cult leader or genius?

    A program by Alexander Lundholm from 2019.Cast: Wolfgang Pichler, Magdalena Forsberg, Björn Ferry, Carl Johan Bergman, Uschi Disl, Helena Ekholm, Sebastian Samuelsson, Hanna Öberg and others.

  • SOK is behind the stars’ criticism of China

    SOK is behind the stars’ criticism of China

    Recently, Sebastian Samuelsson and Nils van der Poel – two of Sweden’s greatest winter athletes – have strongly questioned the Winter Olympics in Beijing 2022. China has been criticized for its treatment of Uighurs and for the situation in Hong Kong. But the country has denied human rights abuses. The Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK) supports…

  • Important message to the public in Björklinge, Skuttunge, Läby in Uppsala municipality, Uppsala county.

    Important message to the public in Björklinge, Skuttunge, Läby in Uppsala municipality, Uppsala county.

    The Biathlon World Cup is over and the Swedish national team can sum up a fantastic season with 31 podium places in total, ten more than the previous record. In addition, the ladies won the relay cup. “I have never been so worried that we will not become a strong team. We are very young…

  • Important message to the public in Björklinge, Skuttunge, Läby in Uppsala municipality, Uppsala county.

    Important message to the public in Björklinge, Skuttunge, Läby in Uppsala municipality, Uppsala county.

    Sebastian Samuelsson finished second in the biathlon sprint in Östersund after full shooting and fastest riding time of all, something that gave the fifth podium place for the season and a brilliant starting position before Saturday’s hunt start. The gain probably disappeared when Samuelsson was forced to blow away snow from the rifle in the…

  • Samuelsson sprinted to victory in the singles mixed relay

    Samuelsson sprinted to victory in the singles mixed relay

    Sebastian Samuelsson and Linn Persson won the singles mixed relay in Nove Mesto. Thus, Sweden took second place in the biathlon world cup in one and the same day after third place earlier on Sunday in the mixed relay. Both Linn Persson and Sebastian Samuelsson shot well and challenged Norway into the final. After the…

  • Sweden is predicted to break a medal record in the Olympics after the World Cup successes

    Sweden is predicted to break a medal record in the Olympics after the World Cup successes

    The World Cup winter has been so successful for Sweden that the medal forecasts are now being written up for the Winter Olympics in Beijing 2022. With World Cup heroes such as the skater Nils van der Poel, the cross-country skier Sandra Näslund and the biathletes Martin Ponsiluoma, Sebastian Samuelsson and Hanna Öberg, the statistics…

  • Bergman on the Swedish medal success: “Fantastic results they have made”

    Bergman on the Swedish medal success: “Fantastic results they have made”

    New medal record for the Swedish biathlon national team in world championships, six podium places, one of which is gold. Bengt Skött and Carl Johan Bergman summarize. “I have been touched. These are such fantastic results they have made with the fantastic shooting series in pressured situations. Just a matter of time before Sebastian Samuelsson…

  • Sweden without a medal in the final mass start

    Sweden without a medal in the final mass start

    Sweden was without a medal on the final day of the biathlon world championships, since Sebastian Samuelsson became the best Swede in tenth place in the mass start. Samuelsson shot full in both the first and second shooter and was in the absolute medal battle. Then he blocked two shots in the third shot and…

  • Sebastian Samuelsson’s silver roar – “Absolutely fantastic fun”

    Sebastian Samuelsson’s silver roar – “Absolutely fantastic fun”

    Swedish silver in the men’s relay in biathlon WC and great hero was Sebastian Samuelsson who went the last distance. “It is fantastic fun to take a silver medal with this team”, says Sebastian Samuelsson to Radiosporten. And do not miss the Swedish team’s silver roar at the end!

  • Done: Skottheim takes the last relay place

    Done: Skottheim takes the last relay place

    Johanna Skottheim takes a place in the Swedish team ahead of Saturday’s relay and thus poked experienced Mona Brorsson who ended up far down in the results list in both the sprint and the hunt start. Skottheim starts on the first leg for Sweden, then runs Linn Persson, Elvira Öberg and Hanna Öberg finishes. On…

  • “It’s absolutely fantastic”

    “It’s absolutely fantastic”

    The WC bronze in the single mixed relay taken by Sebastian Samuelsson and Hanna Öberg is the fifth Swedish medal in Pokljuka. A close record in the number of medals in a World Cup. “It means a lot. Winning medals is never easy. Winning one is difficult, and then winning five medals as a team…

  • Samuelsson and Öberg fixed the Swedish World Cup bronze

    Samuelsson and Öberg fixed the Swedish World Cup bronze

    Sebastian Samuelsson and Hanna Öberg took World Cup bronze for Sweden in the singles mixed relay, the fifth medal in this championship. Despite Samuelsson starting the competition with two booms, Sweden was good from the start, and was on the podium when Hanna Öberg went out for her final round. And despite a total of…

  • Guide: “Believe in a Silver Place”

    Guide: “Believe in a Silver Place”

    Sebastian Samuelsson has only had 24 hours to find new strength after the tough distance race on Wednesday, because now it’s time for the single mixed relay. Samuelsson forms a team with Hanna Öberg, the duo who took bronze at the WC in Östersund 2019, and who came fourth in Antholz last year. “Both are…

  • Öberg about the super shooter: “I thought it was controlled”

    Öberg about the super shooter: “I thought it was controlled”

    The Swedish bronze team celebrated with cake after the initial success in the WC’s mixed relay. A medal that was secured after Hanna Öberg’s last standing shooting, which went very fast. “I got into exactly the fashion I want to be on the shooting range and I think I shoot in a controlled manner, but…

  • Snow chaos is expected when the World Cup starts

    Snow chaos is expected when the World Cup starts

    The Swedish medal hunt during the Biathlon World Championships begins in snow chaos. 40 centimeters of snow is expected to fall over Pokljuka during the day. “It is clear that it will be a little more random, but at the same time it is fun when it becomes challenging on all fronts,” says Sebastian Samuelsson…

  • Guide: “The medal chance depends on the Swedish men”

    Guide: “The medal chance depends on the Swedish men”

    The last time a Swedish national team in biathlon won the World Cup medal in mixed relay was in 2010. Is it time again when the World Cup starts in Slovenian Pokljuka? Sweden line up with Sebastian Samuelsson, Martin Ponsiluoma, Linn Persson and Hanna Öberg. “The medal chances lie with the boys, can they hit…

  • Persson takes the last place in the Swedish mixed team

    Persson takes the last place in the Swedish mixed team

    Tomorrow, Wednesday, the biathlon world championships in Pokljuka begin with a mixed relay, where two men and two women compete in each team. On Tuesday morning, the Swedish team was revealed, where Linn Persson takes the fourth place in the team. “I think many people calculated that it was between her and Elvira (Öberg). Linn…

  • Hot biathlon days to wait – starting this afternoon

    Hot biathlon days to wait – starting this afternoon

    Live broadcast on P4 from 14.32 Today Wednesday: World Cup genre rope in sprint for, among others, World Cup five Sebastian Samuelsson.Tomorrow Thursday: The same race for third and fourth in the ladies’ world cup, Hanna and Elvira Öberg.Tomorrow Thursday: also Stina Nilsson’s international debut as a biathlete – albeit at the level just during…

  • Martin Ponsiluoma misses the relay

    Martin Ponsiluoma misses the relay

    Martin Ponsiluoma misses today’s mixed relay in the biathlon world cup in Oberhof, Germany. He has stomach pains and has hardly been able to sleep at all during the night, the Biathlon Association’s media channel announces. Peppe Femling replaces the relay team, which otherwise consists of Linn Persson, Elvira Öberg and Jesper Nelin. Today’s second…

  • Ponsiluoma second in Hochfilzen

    Ponsiluoma second in Hochfilzen

    Martin Ponsiluoma followed up yesterday’s fifth place with the first second place of his career. After the last shot, it was between Ponsiluoma and experienced German Arnd Peiffer. During the riot, however, it turned out that the German had the most power left in his legs. Sebastian Samuelsson beat personal best in mass start, but…

  • Before today’s mass starts: “We must have podium places”

    Before today’s mass starts: “We must have podium places”

    The first mass starts of the season will also be the last races before Christmas for the biathletes in the World Cup. At 1200 the men start with Martin Ponsiluoma and Sebastian Samuelsson who have both been close to the podium this week and Jesper Nelin who was fastest in the track during the hunt…

  • Samuelsson secured a new Swedish relay success

    Samuelsson secured a new Swedish relay success

    It started with three booms and a Swedish 21st place after the first shooter in the men’s biathlon relay in Finnish Kontiolahti. It ended with a second place. After the Swedish ladies’ relay victory on Saturday, the blue and yellow men followed up with a new podium place on Sunday. Sebastian Samuelsson impressed on the…

  • Double Swedish success: Samuelsson and Ponsiluoma on the podium

    Double Swedish success: Samuelsson and Ponsiluoma on the podium

    Sebastian Samuelsson is in great shape and continues to fly forward on the skis, despite a boom in horizontal shooting, the Swedish star worked for a second place in the World Cup sprint in Kontiolahti. Martin Ponsiluoma also blocked in his horizontal shooting, but was also fast on the skis and sprinted to third place,…

  • Norwegian landslide victory in the premiere – Samuelsson sixth

    Norwegian landslide victory in the premiere – Samuelsson sixth

    It was a Norwegian victory in the biathlon’s world cup premiere in Kontiolahti, but a resounding one when 23-year-old Sturla Holm Laegreid shot full and won the distance race before Johannes Thingnes Bö who pulled on a boom in the first lying. It is Holm Laegreid’s first World Cup victory in its only fifth start,…