When Hanna Oberg won a gold medal in the biathlon for Sweden in 2018 it was the first for the country’s women in 12 years. She seemed to establish herself as her nation’s best hope for more medals in the years to come.
Then her younger sister came along.
Elvira Oberg, 22, won her very first World Cup event in December and has since won two more. She seems to be peaking at the right time for a top performance in Beijing. That’s not to knock Hanna, 26, who is far from done herself.
On Monday, they will ski (and shoot) in the individual event, a roughly nine-mile time trial.