The German biathlon relay team wants to get back on the podium in Oberhof.
A warning example was the men's relay on Friday.
From January 8th to 17th, the
Biathlon World Cup will
stop in
Oberhof
.
The
men's relay
experienced a real drama.
The
women's relay
wants to do
better
on Saturday
.
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The second
biathlon
weekend in
Oberhof
* continues on Saturday with the
women's relay
over 4x 6km.
Vanessa Hinz *
, Janina Hettich, Denise Herrmann
and
Franziska Preuß are
fighting for the first podium this year.
Will not be there
Maren Hammerschmidt
, which in the last two
season
was -race still one of the party.
This season the DSV * quartet has already made it onto the podium once.
At the beginning of December, it reached
third place behind Sweden and France
in
Kontiolahti,
Finland
.
A week later in
Hochfilzen it was
only fourth behind Norway, France and Sweden.
And this time too, the Scandinavians are the favorites, above all the Norwegians around serial winner
Tiril Eckhoff
.
Biathlon in Oberhof in the live ticker: women's relay aiming for podium
Just under a month before the World Cup in Pokljuka starts, it is also important to get in good shape.
In the
sprint
race on Friday,
four German athletes -
Preuss
,
Hettich
,
Herrmann
and
Hammerschmidt
- made it into the top 20.
So the
conditions for the
relay
run are good.
How not to do it, the
men's relay showed
on Friday.
Erik Lesser, Benedikt Doll
and
Arnd Peiffer
ran a formidable race and sent final runner
Philipp Horn
into the cross-country ski run.
But the Thuringian failed completely when shooting prone.
Biathlon in Oberhof: Philipp Horn completely at a loss after the season drama
Instead of the first German
relay
victory in almost four years, there was an ungrateful fifth place at the end.
“During the shooting, I had absolutely no idea what I was doing wrong.
I tried to shoot in the middle, it didn't work, ”said
Horn
after the race.
The second
Biathlon
* World Cup weekend
in
Oberhof
will be concluded on Sunday with the mass start races.
(mt) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.
Biathlon in Oberhof: the program at a glance
Thursday, January 14th, 2:30 p.m. |
Sprint women (7.5 km) |
Friday, January 15, 2:30 p.m. |
Relay men (4 x 7.5 km) |
Saturday, January 16, 2:45 p.m. |
Relay women (4 x 6 km) |
Sunday 17th January at 12.30 p.m. |
Mass start men (15 km) |
Sunday 17th January, 3 p.m. |
Mass start women (12.5 km) |
