After the successful start at the WC in Planica, most people thought that she was a given in a Swedish relay team.

But a worse performance in the 10 kilometer freestyle (Sundling was 21st) led to her being kicked in favor of Maja Dahlqvist, who then sprinted a gold-prone Sweden to a bronze medal.

It hurt, she admits ahead of today's sprint in Norwegian Drammen, Sundling's first competition since the 10-kilometer race at the WC.

- The WC started with a real peak.

But the ending was nothing that you had dreamed of right away.

It was what it was.

I did what I could on "tian", but it was not a good day.

I don't really know why it didn't fit.

And then I got poked from the relay and chose not to ride the three-mile, says Sundling.

Would have been over 10 km with hindsight

- It's probably something that makes me perhaps not feel that there was a "five plus" feeling at the WC.

At the same time, I still touched my Oberstdorf WC.

So in that way I'm very happy and proud, because not everyone does.

With the benefit of hindsight, she might have stood over the 10-kilometer race, she says.

But instead of dwelling on it, she chooses to look ahead, closer to today's sprint in classic style.

Qualifying starts at 12.00.

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Maja Dahlqvist runs the baton - Jonna Sundling is excluded Photo: Bildbyrån