After Oberhof, Oberhof is on the program again.
The biathletes are fighting for victories in Thuringia today.
Can the Germans get better results this time?
The live ticker.
The biathletes were guests in Oberhof in Thuringia last week.
Six competitions are on the program in five days.
Last time the Norwegians were able to win all individual competitions.
>>> UPDATE <<<
Update from January 13th, 12.44 p.m.:
It's getting exciting!
The men's ten-kilometer sprint starts here at 2.30 p.m.
We are excited to see what the Germans can do in the second week in Oberhof.
You won't miss a thing in our live ticker.
Biathlon in the live ticker: is the German node bursting in Oberhof?
First report
from January 12th: Oberhof - The
biathlon
circus is back in
Oberhof,
Thuringia,
with a tight program: there will be six competitions over five days.
For the viewers on the TV sets, due to the corona, of course, still not live on site.
And most should hope the same: Not again Norwegian championships like a few days ago!
It can then be a little more tension.
The
biathlon
crowd stopped in
Oberhof
from January 8th to 10th
.
The sober balance as a non-Norwegian: four individual competitions, four Norwegian victories.
Tiril Eckhoff won the women's sprint as well as the pursuit.
In the men's category, Johannes Thingnes Bø (sprint) and Sturla Holm Laegreid (pursuit) won.
The German ski hunters around Olympic champion
Arnd Peiffer
had nothing to do with the podium.
For the first time since 2015, no host made it into the top three.
Biathlon in Oberhof: who can hold a candle to the Norwegians?
So now you have the opportunity to do better.
The fact that the
biathletes are
staying
in
Oberhof
for
two weeks this year
and not moving on to Ruhpolding as usual is due to the corona pandemic.
The world association
IBU
decided to hold a double event in Thuringia - without spectators.
The Bavarian Ruhpolding does not appear at all in the
biathlon
calendar
this year
.
Let's go on Wednesday, January 13th.
From 2.30 p.m., the men will fight
for victory
in the
10 kilometer sprint
.
In the first
sprint
in
Oberhof
, the first three places all went to Norwegians.
Johannes Thingnes Bø won ahead of brother Tarjei and Sturla Holm Laegreid.
The best German in 15th place was
Benedikt Doll
, 1:12 minutes behind the winner.
Otherwise no other DSV athlete made it into the top twenty.
Biathlon World Cup in Oberhof: Arnd Peiffer wants the second World Cup victory of the season
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The women will start the next
Oberhof
competitions
one day later, on Thursday, January 14th
.
The
7.5 kilometer
sprint
also starts at 2.30 p.m.
From the German point of view,
Franziska Preuss should
have the
best chances of a top placement
.
The 26-year-old is in
an excellent fourth place
in the
Sprint
World Cup
.
With 14th place in the first
sprint
in
Oberhof
, she will also have been anything but satisfied.
Denise Herrmann
, who finished just one place behind her colleague
Preuss
a few days ago,
should also
have
good chances
.
After that, the
men's and women's relay
, as well as the
mass start, are
on the program.
After the competitions in
Oberhof
, the tour continues to Antholz, Italy.
From February 11th, there will be running and shooting for World Cup medals in Pokljuka, Slovenia.
The Oberhof program at a glance:
Wednesday January 13th |
2:30 p.m. |
10 km sprint (men) |
Thursday January 14th |
2:30 p.m. |
7.5 km sprint (women) |
Friday 15th January |
2:30 p.m. |
Relay 4x 7.5 km (men) |
Saturday 16th January |
2:45 p.m. |
Relay 4x 6 km (women) |
Sunday 17th January |
12:30 pm |
15 km mass start (men) |
3 p.m. |
12.5 km mass start (women) |
