The distance race was not successful from a Swedish perspective.

But World Cup debutant Ella Halvarsson offered the audience in Östersund an impressive race.

- It was awesome to hear the whole audience shouting my name.

It was really cool, she tells SVT Sport and exclaims:

- I am really pleased!

The 23-year-old finally finished in 33rd place, after only one barrier.

This means that she gets eight points in the total World Cup.

Praised by Johannes Lukas

- She has shot quite quickly.

She has been aggressive.

She does a great competition, says SVT Sports expert Helena Ekholm.

National team coach Johannes Lukas was also satisfied with Halvarsson's performance.

- I told her yesterday that she should just enjoy herself.

To shift focus from the competition to everything around.

She's doing great, he says.

Halvarsson admits that she was nervous before the competition.

- Then once you got going it felt calm and it was just fun.

A great feeling, she says.