20 hits out of 20 possible for the first time in distance.
The prerequisites for a real top position were there for Karoline Knotten.
But she had to settle for ninth place, over two and a half minutes behind Dorothea Wierer, after a dramatic race.
The pictures show how blood flows from the Norwegian's nose during the first shot.
- I have thin blood vessels in my nose, so there doesn't have to be any stress, but sometimes I'm tired and bleed, and sometimes I'm in top shape and bleed.
It is typical to be a little tired towards the end of the season.
It was such a day for me, she says to NRK.
Blurred vision
Knotten explains the case later in the race:
- It's a bit unusual that it's so cold too, so my vision was a bit blurry and my face completely stiff.
It's a little hard to say.
I was done and struggling to stay on my feet, she says.
Knotten was second best Norwegian, after Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold who came seventh.