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Biathlon in Oberhof in the live ticker: German disappointment - will you have a reaction today?

2021-01-09T10:22:45.024Z


The biathlon circus is coming back to Oberhof. How are the German athletes doing at the home World Cup without fans? We accompany the event in the live ticker.


The biathlon circus is coming back to Oberhof.

How are the German athletes doing at the home World Cup without fans?

We accompany the event in the live ticker.

  • From

    January 8th to 17th,

    the

    Biathlon World Cup will

    stop in

    Oberhof

    .

  • It starts on Friday with the women's and men's sprint.

  • Will

    the

    DSV *

    starters cause a surprise?

    All races are available here in the live ticker.

>>> UPDATE <<<

Update from January 9th, 7:00 a.m.:

The start in Oberhof was disappointing from the perspective of the Germans.

Maybe there is more in it today?

The tracking will continue from 12.45 p.m., we're back in the live ticker.

Biathlon in Oberhof - result (men's sprint over 10 km)

Biathlete (nation)

time

1

Johannes Thingnes Boe (NOR)

25: 12.0

2

Tarje Boe (NOR)

+ 10.8

3

Sturla Holm Laegreid (NOR)

+ 21.6

15th

Benedikt Doll (GER)

+1: 12.0

23

Philipp Horn (GER)

+1: 28.0

25th

Erik Lesser (GER)

+1: 32.8

47

Arnd Peiffer (GER)

+ 2: 12.4

58

Simon Schempp (GER)

+ 2: 27.0

61

Lukas Fratzscher (GER)

+ 2: 43.1

3.40 p.m.:

As with the women, the German biathletes disappointed in the sprint in Oberhof.

The best German was Benedikt Doll in 15th place, Simon Schempp and Lukas Fratzscher missed the qualification for the pursuit.

3.30 p.m.:

Simon Schempp now has to fear for his place in tomorrow's pursuit race.

He lands in 55th place, only the first 60 progress.

However, this will probably not be enough, nor will Lucas Fratzscher make it to the pursuit.

3:27 p.m.:

The Norwegian

Johannes Thingnes Boe

has probably won the sprint.

The 27-year-old crossed the finish line ahead of his older brother Tarje, even though he made a mistake while shooting.

Tarje Boe, however, made no mistake and finished second.

The third Norwegian on the podium is Sturla Holm Laegreid.

3:24 p.m.:

Raman Yaliotnau drags himself to the finish without making mistakes while shooting and makes it into the top ten!

The Swiss Benedikt Weger is also at the top, for him it is enough for ninth place.

3.20 p.m.:

Simon Schempp makes his first mistake when shooting in the penultimate attempt when standing, he has to take a penalty loop.

3:18 p.m.:

The Frenchman Simon Desthieux ends up in seventh place for the time being, will it work for him with a place in the top ten?

3.15 p.m.:

Philipp Horn crosses the finish line and lands in 20th place, only Benedikt Doll is better with his twelfth place in the German comparison.

3:11 p.m.:

Tarje Boe crosses the finish line almost ten seconds behind his younger brother Johannes.

3:08 p.m.:

The South Tyrolean Hofer

crosses

the finish line in second place with 32.4 seconds behind Johannes Boe.

But shortly afterwards, the Norwegian Sturla Holm Laegreid came up with a lead and ensured that the Norwegians took the podium again.

Biathlon in the live ticker: Horn also makes his first mistake - Tarej Boe clears everything

3:04 p.m.:

Philipp Horn

comes under pressure after his flawless first run in standing shooting and makes a mistake.

There is not much going on today with the DSV athletes.

3:03 p.m.:

Erik Lesser crosses the finish line, the German is currently 13th.

2:59 p.m.:

And with Simon Schempp, the last German is now also there!

2:57 p.m

.: Arnd Peiffer does not get into his rhythm and

shoots

three times while standing!

2:54 p.m.:

Johannes Boes brother

Tarej Boe also

clears everything lying down.

2:53 p.m

.: The Norwegian Johanne Dale

crosses

the finish line and lands 16.8 seconds ahead of 

Ponsiluoma

 in first place.

Can Johannes Boe still put his compatriot under pressure?

2:52 p.m.:

The Norwegian Johannes Boe also makes it strong in the standing round.

He makes a mistake, but his lead is 51.3 seconds.

So he can afford the penalty loop.

2:52 p.m.:

Doll makes his first mistake while standing and has to go to the penalty loop.

2:50 p.m.:

Another Norwegian comes out strong from the first shooting range: Sturla Laegreid hits all five as usual!

2.47 p.m.:

The Swede Ponsiluoma crosses the finish line, overtakes his compatriot Samuelsson with the same number of mistakes by 28.5 seconds and takes first place.

At the same time, Benedikt Doll can hit all five targets!

Biathlon in the live ticker: Lesser also made mistakes when shooting

2.45 p.m.:

The next German Erik Lesser also makes a mistake in prone shooting.

2.43 p.m.:

The Norwegian Johannes Boe hits all five shots in the first round and lands the best time when he arrives at the shooting range.

2.40 p.m.:

Lucas Fritzscher does not manage to land all five hits even with the standing attack and awards the last one again.

Pity!

2.42 p.m.:

Arnd Peiffer is the third German to come to the Oberhof trail.

2.37 p.m.:

The Norwegian Johannes Dale is 1.7 seconds faster than Ponsilouma in his first shot - but he also misses the last shot!

2.34 p.m.:

Sebastian Samuelsso only hits four times while standing and has to turn another penalty loop.

The leading Ponsilouma made two mistakes standing shortly afterwards!

Shortly afterwards, the second German Benedikt Doll starts the race.

Lesser follows shortly after him

2.32 p.m.:

Now Lucas Fratzscher is at the first shooting range, he is already 28 seconds behind the current leader Ponsiluoma.

The German does not hit the last shot and has to go to the penalty loop.

Biathlon in the live ticker: Swede Polsiluoma with a strong start

2.29 p.m.:

The South Tyrolean Dominik Windisch leaves two discs, weak first round that will cost a lot of time.

2:25 p.m.:

Samuelsson makes a mistake and takes a long time to prone and has to go to the penalty loop.

His compatriot

Ponsilouma

did better shortly afterwards and hit all five shots.

2.24 p.m.:

The track conditions in Oberhof are quite pleasant for the athletes, there is fresh snow.

2.21 p.m.:

With Lucas Fratzscher, the first German is now

getting started

!

The 26-year-old would like to be in the top fifteen today ...

2:15 p.m.:

And the men's sprint can begin!

The Finn Terro Seppala starts as the first of 107 participants, followed by the Swede Sebastian Samuelsson and Ruslan Tkalenko from Ukraine.

2.10 p.m.:

Six German biathletes start from 2.15 p.m., Lucas Fratzscher starts 12th, Benedikt Doll 40th, followed by kuez as number 42 Erik Lesser.

After him, Arnd Peiffer started 48th, Philipp Horn 63rd and Schempp 89th.

2 p.m .:

Another quarter of an hour until the biathletes sprint over ten kilometers in Oberhof.

Update, 1:25 p.m.:

At

2:15 p.m.

, the

men's

sprint

continues over ten kilometers.

The German women could not convince, in the afternoon the male colleagues are challenged.

The eyes will be on the local hero Erik Lesser,

Benedikt Doll

and

Arnd Peiffer

are also among the top German biathletes.

In addition, the two-time Olympic runner-up

Simon Schempp

will also

join the team after his comeback.

Biathlon in the live ticker: women's sprint - Preuss missed top placement with her last shot

Update, 12.58 p.m.:

At the Biathlon World Cup in Oberhof, the Norwegian

Tiril Eckhoff was able to

convince, the Swede Hanna Oeberg, who landed in second place, was 22.6 seconds behind Eckhoff.

Third place went to Austrian Lisa Hauser, who celebrated her first podium.

The German biathletes could not convince at the home World Cup in Oberhof, the best athlete was

Franziska Preuss

, who landed in 14th place.

In her last shot, the 26-year-old made the crucial mistake.

Maren Hammerschmidt was the only DSV athlete who failed to qualify for the pursuit on Saturday in 69th place.

Biathlon in Oberhof - the current status (women sprint over 7.5 km)

Athlete (nation)

time

1.

Tiril Eckhoff (NOR)

23: 54.0

2.

Hanna Oeberg (SWE)

+ 22.6

3.

Lisa Hauser (AUT)

+ 40.2

14th

Franziska Preuss (GER)

+1: 13.4

15th

Denise Herrmann (GER)

+1: 13.6

33.

Vanessa Hinz (GER)

+1: 54.3.

44.

Janina Hettich (GER)

+ 2: 25.0

49.

Anna Weidel (GER)

+ 2: 31.2

69.

Maren Hammerschmidt (GER)

+ 3: 13.1

12.50 p.m.:

Now Vanessa Hinz has also reached the finish line in 33rd place, her deficit is 1.54.3.

Biathlon today in the live ticker: Norwegian Eckhoff wins

12.43 p.m.:

Tiril Eckhoff has already been determined as the winner.

For the German biathletes, the first competition this year was not a success.

12.41 p.m.:

Now the last starter of the race is in the field.

Anna Magnusson from Sweden is the last to go to the prone range and has to go to the penalty loop after a miss.

12:39 p.m.:

Bitter!

The last German starter Vanessa Hinz also makes a mistake in the standing shooting.

12:37 p.m.:

The Austrian Lisa Hauser is facing her first podium.

The best German is still Franziska Preuss in 14th, Denise Herrmann is currently in 15th place.

12:32 p.m.:

Maren Hammerschmidt crossed the finish line in 52nd place with more than three minutes difference, the best German is Franziska Preuß, who crossed the finish line in twelfth place.

No place in the top ten for Germany today!

12:31:

With Vanessa Hintz the last German starts and plays it safe in the first shooting round - Hintz hits five times and gets into the race well.

12.30 p.m.:

Franziska Preuss is just under a minute behind Eckhoff's time, which would mean 15th place.

12.27 p.m.:

Lisa Hauser climbs onto the podium!

Despite a mistake, the Austrian comes up and takes third place for the time being.

Biathlon today in the live ticker: Preuss missed the last shot - no top ten place today?

12.23 p.m.:

That was very close!

Franziska Preuss

stays cool when shooting standing -

until the last shot

.

Nine out of ten met the Wasserburger and has to go into the penalty loop, the last missed to the left.

Pity!

12.21 p.m.:

The German Maren Hammerschmidt with a rather weak shooting, also in standing shooting she makes a mistake in the first shot and has to go to the penalty loop.

12.15 p.m.:

Denise Herrmann also makes a mistake on the shooting range while standing, Franziska Preuss scores all five hits in just 13 seconds in her first run!

In the last few races she was always in the top ten, today the series will continue.

12.13 p.m.:

The French Julia Simon is now in third place ahead of Marketa Davidova.

the German Maren Hammerschmidt with the starting number 67 shoots strongly in the first round up to the last target, but she also makes a mistake and has to go into the 150-meter oval - penalty loop.

Update, 12:08 p.m.:

Hanna Oeberg crosses the finish line and remains in second place.

But they are 29.6 seconds behind Eckhoff!

Update, 12.06 p.m.:

Denise Herrmann goes into the penalty

loop

after an error in prone shooting!

The 32-year-old Saxon misses the penultimate target and is annoyed.

Biathlon today in the live ticker: Norwegian presents - strong time for Favortin

Update, 12:03 p.m.:

And Eckhoff is the first to finish, your time is currently the yardstick for victory.

The Norwegian is lying in the snow after her sprint and is now recovering.

Your time: 23: 54.0

!

Update, 12 noon:

The Swede Hanna Oeberg remains flawless in her second round of shooting.

The Norwegian Eckhoff is still leading the field, Oeberg is in second place, Larisa Kuklina is in third place.

Update, 11:58 a.m.:

The third German Denise Herrmann is now in the race.

Update, 11:58 a.m.:

Janina Hettich hits all five targets in

prone

shooting, even if she takes too much time.

The gap is already considerable.

Update, 11.55

a.m.: Tirill Eckhoff from Norway also hits all the targets in standing shooting!

Before that she had the best time after prone shooting.

Eckhoff is currently leading.

Biathlon today in the live ticker: Second shooting without errors - Germans convinced!

Update, 11.53 a.m.:

Anna Weidel is ready for the second shooting and

repeats her run

!

The 24-year-old hits every shot when standing!

The Russian Larisa Kuklina also stays flawless when shooting.

Update, 11.50 a.m.:

With Janina Hettich, the second German goes into the sprint as 36th of the field of participants!

Meanwhile, Anna Weidel comes out of the descent with verve.

Update, 11.45

a.m

.:

The sprint will now be exciting, Johanna Skottheim from Sweden jumps in second place after a faultless first shooting.

Shortly before that, the Russian Larisa Kuklina was faster than Weidel when shooting.

The best time after the prone attack is currently 8: 39.3 minutes.

Biathlon today in the live ticker: Five out of five!

Germans with the first exclamation mark

Update, 11.40 a.m.:

Franziska Preuss is

warming up

with the starting number 72, and she will soon start.

Anna Weidel

is the first German to go to the first shooting, in 25.9 seconds she hits

five times

in five attempts while

lying down

!

The German takes the lead!

Update 11.36 a.m.:

Anna Weidel gets into the race well with fresh snow, the trail is snowy in contrast to previous years, which could benefit the athletes.

Update 11.33:

The Polish Kinga Zbylut begins, the Austrian Christina Rieder and the American Susann Dunklee follow her.

Anna Weidel is the first DSV athlete to start the competition as fourth.

Update, 11.25 a.m.:

The race will start in five minutes, and 104 biathletes will compete for the podium on the 7.5-kilometer cross-country ski run in the Allgäu.

The last participant is expected to start the competition at twenty past 12.

Biathlon today in the live ticker: German favorite Franziska Preuss starts in Oberhof

Update from January 8, 11:15 a.m.:

The live ticker for the women's sprint over 7.5 kilometers will start shortly, and the competition will begin in a few minutes.

Can the German athletes get something countable in Oberhof?

In addition to the star biathlete Franziska Preuß, five other participants of the DSV in the Allgäu are competing.

Anna Weidel (start number 4), Janina Hettich (36), Denise Herrmann (54), Maren Hammerschmidt (67) and Vanessa Hinz (102) want to make a good impression at the World Cup in their own country.

Update from January 8th, 9.25 a.m.:

It's getting serious!

The women in Oberhof will be at the start in around two hours.

We are excited to see what

Denise Herrmann

and Co. will deliver.

Don't miss a thing in our live ticker!

Biathlon today in the live ticker: What are the Germans getting in Oberhof?

First report from January 7th, 6.15 p.m .:

Oberhof - The

Biathlon World Cup

starts the new year!

In the relatively young season, Germany will host for the first time on Friday, January 8th.

The

Oberhof

location

has a long tradition, but a lot will be different this year.

No spectators are allowed, but there are significantly more races than usual because

Ruhpolding

is no longer available

this season.

Twelve races in nine days are on the program.

The women start with the sprint over 7.5 kilometers (Friday, 11.30 a.m.), followed immediately by the men's sprint over 10 kilometers (2.15 p.m.).

Biathlon World Cup in Oberhof: special comfort for Erik Lesser

It's a special event

for

Erik Lesser

- he can sleep at home because he lives nearby.

But even for this he needed a special permit, his family had to be integrated into the “Corona Bubble” of the

IBU

Association

and regularly tested.

Together with

Benedikt Doll

and

Arnd Peiffer

, he is one of the German hopes * for men and women

wants to challenge the world's best in Oberhof.

So far Peiffer has succeeded best.

In the last race before the Christmas break, he took a win.

But he knows that he “has to fight for everything again”.

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Biathlon World Cup in Oberhof: two Germans mix for the women's podium

There has not yet been a victory in the women's category, but

Franziska Preuss is

in good shape, she is seventh in the overall World Cup.

Denise Herrmann

recently showed increasing form.

She hopes that her flawless shooting performance in race two of the World Team Challenge was "a bit of a turnaround".

The

program

of

Oberhof

in the overview:

Friday January 8th

11.30 a.m.

Sprint women (7.5 km)

Friday January 8th

2.15 p.m.

Sprint men (10 km)

Saturday January 9th

12.45 p.m.

Pursuit women (12.5 km)

Saturday January 9th

2.45 p.m.

Pursuit men (15 km)

Sunday January 10th

11.30 a.m.

Mixed relay team

Sunday January 10th

2.40 p.m.

Mixed season single

Wednesday January 13th

2.30 p.m.

Sprint men (10 km)

Thursday January 14th

2.30 p.m.

Sprint women (7.5 km)

Friday 15th January

2.30 p.m.

Relay men (4 x 7.5 km)

Saturday 16th January

2.45 p.m.

Relay women (4 x 6 km)

Sunday 17th January

12.30 p.m.

Mass start men (15 km)

Sunday 17th January

3 p.m.

Mass start women (12.5 km)

There's a lot going on, and not just in biathlon.

The winter sports season is in full swing - we have an overview of the most important dates *.

(epp) * merkur.de is part of the Ippen editorial network.

Source: merkur

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