After the victory in the sprint of Kontiolahti Hanna Öberg announces the end of the relationship with the biathlete Jesper Neli

The report of the most famous couple in the world of biathlon ends: it was announced by Öberg herself, current World Cup leader.

Tuesday 1 December 2020 2 minutes reading time

The season for Hanna Öberg started very well from a sporting point of view: seventh in the individual on Saturday and winner in the sprint on Sunday. The twenty-five year old Swedish biathlete is therefore a candidate to be one of the main contenders to win the overall World Cup, together with our Dorothea Wierer, the German Denise Hermann and the Norwegian Mars Roiseland. But important statements about his private life came from the Kiruna native, right after the Kontiolahti weekend: "This summer my relationship with Jesper Nelin ended" - he tells SportExpressen microphones - "There are absolutely no problems with Jesper , we remained on excellent terms, in fact we have no problem of coexistence within the same team. " The two had been among the main protagonists of the biathlon at the Pyeonchang 2018 Olympics, a rather satisfying expedition for the Swedish national team, where Nelin had brought home a gold in the relay, while Öberg had triumphed in the individual, to then seize a silver in the relay. The two athletes will be back on track on Thursday, again in Kontiolahti, the day in which the sprints are scheduled.