Biathlon mixed relay in sixth place - Norway wins
Created: 01/08/2022, 02:33 PM
Relay handover of the German team from Roman Rees (r) to Benedikt Doll (2nd from left).
© Hendrik Schmidt / dpa
The German biathlon mixed relay took sixth place at the Olympic dress rehearsal in Oberhof.
The quartet with Roman Rees, Benedikt Doll, Vanessa Voigt and Vanessa Hinz made six spare rounds at the home World Cup on Saturday in Thuringia and ended up 2: 10.7 minutes behind the victorious world champion Norway.
Belarus came in second, ahead of France.
Oberhof - The team of the German Ski Association was 9.4 seconds short of the podium.
Starting runner Rees again showed a strong performance.
One day after his fifth place in the sprint, he only had one spare and handed over to Doll in third.
The conditions on the Rennsteig were significantly better than the day before.
With very little wind, warmer temperatures and no fog, the favorite Norwegians set the pace with the best line-up right from the start.
Doll needed three extra cartridges to shoot, but stayed in third position.
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In her home in Thuringia, Voigt only made a mistake at the shooting range, but could not keep up on the trail and fell back to fourth.
At this point, Norway had built a big lead that no one could make up.
The German final runner Hinz could not do anything more forward.
Before the start of the Winter Olympics, it was the last race in this competition.
With the mixed relay, the Olympic biathlon competitions will open in northwest Beijing on February 5th.
The German team should then compete in a completely different formation.
Denise Herrmann and Johannes Kühn were not deployed in Oberhof, Franziska Preuß was absent due to a foot injury.
dpa