The 2023 Biathlon World Championships was crowned with two Swedish gold medals. Both Hanna Öberg and Sebastian Samuelsson had to fight hård för it but managed to keep it together until the very end.
The Biathlon World Championship 2023 was held in Oberhof, Germany. On the final day both Swedish teams managed to secure three medals.
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Add these three medals to the other eight and you get a total of eleven medals. This means that the previous record of six medals (won in the same World Cup) was beaten with a bang, making this the most successful Biathlon World Championship ever.
Results from the finishing races
Men’s Mass Start, 15 km:
Sebastian Samuelsson (Sweden), gold
Martin Ponsiluoma (Sweden), silver
Johannes Thingnes Bø (Norway) bronze
Women’s Mass Start, 12,5 km
Hanna Öberg (Sweden), gold
Ingrid Landmark (Norway) Tandrevold, silver
Julia Simon (France) bronze
Both Swedish teams also managed to win two medals in the prestigious biathlon relay.
Results from The Women’s Biathlon Relay
Team Italy – gold
Samuela Comola
Dorothea Wierer
Hannah Auchentaller
Lisa Vittozzi
Team Germany – silver
Vanessa Voigt
Hanna Kebinger
Sophia Schneider
Denise Herrmann-Wick
Team Sweden – bronze
Linn Persson
Anna Magnusson
Elvira Öberg
Hanna Öberg
Results from The Men’s Biathlon Relay
Team France
Antonin Guigonnat
Fabien Claude
Émilien Jacquelin
Quentin Fillon Maillet
Team Norway
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
Tarjei Bø
Sturla Holm Lægreid
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Team Sweden – bronze
Peppe Femling
Martin Ponsiluoma
Jesper Nelin
Sebastian Samuelsson
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