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Biathlon in Oberhof: Is there more? DSV athletes want to add to the mass start

2021-01-17T11:04:44.316Z


The German biathlon relay for women celebrated a triumphant victory in Oberhof after an impressive race to catch up - and did it much better than the men.


The German biathlon relay for women celebrated a triumphant victory in Oberhof after an impressive race to catch up - and did it much better than the men.

  • From January 8th to 17th, the 

    Biathlon World Cup will

     stop in 

    Oberhof

    .

  • The

    women's relay

    won the first German victory on Saturday.

  • The last thing to do is the mass start - can the

    DSV *

    athletes also do something individually

    ?

+++ UPDATE +++

Update from January 17, 11:48 a.m.:

On Saturday there was finally the first major German success - the German women's relay won.

Today the competitions in Oberhof are drawing to a close with a grand finale.

The men's mass start begins at 12.30 p.m., followed by the women at 3 p.m.

We are in the live ticker.

Biathlon in Oberhof: women's relay

German season:

1st Vanessa Hinz, 2nd Janina Hettich, 3rd Denise Herrmann, 4th Franziska Preuss

Bottom line

1. Germany

2. Belarus

+17.5

3. Sweden

+35.7

3:59 p.m.: Franziska Preuss even extends the lead.

Nothing burns anymore.

The 26-year-old flies towards victory in the home game in Oberhof.

What a triumph.

The German women's relay celebrates its first victory this season.

3:53 p.m.:

The Belarusian delivers two errors directly.

Preuss stays cool and is now running towards victory.

Who would have thought that!

3:51 p.m.:

Damn it!

The Belarusian has passed the German.

But Preuss stays tuned and doesn't let an inch tear off.

3:47 p.m .:

Prone shooting.

Germany and Belarus arrive at the same time and remain error-free.

But Preuss was a bit faster and takes the lead.

Can the Belarusian keep up with the pace on the trail?

3.44 p.m.:

Preuss sucks on the Belarusian skis as she climbs.

It will be really exciting.

Who has the better nerves at the shooting range?

3.40 p.m.: What a race to catch up!

Herrmann has almost completely eaten up the deficit on Belarus.

Now it is handing over to Germany's final runner, Franziska Preuß.

Biathlon in Oberhof in the live ticker: German women's relay aiming for the podium - even victory is possible

3:36 p.m.:

Denise Herrmann needs a reload again.

But it does not matter.

The Saxon goes into the next round on rank 2, the gap to the now leading Belarusians is only 23.7 seconds.

And when it comes to running, the 32-year-old doesn't show up so quickly.

3:34 p.m.:

The French

woman

comes first to the standing shooting - and there are three mistakes.

And one more, that's two penalties.

Incredible!

3:32 p.m.:

Denise Herrmann overtakes the Swede Vera Öberg and pushes the German relay to third place.

Keep it up, Denise!

3:29 p.m.:

What a shame!

Herrmann makes a mistake.

Nevertheless, the Saxon can catch up with it.

The French at the top has hurried for the time being.

3:28 p.m.:

Belarus and Sweden with two misses each, but the French woman comes through.

What is Herrmann doing?

3:26 p.m.:

Herrmann keeps the residue constant.

At the shooting range she can't afford to make any mistakes.

3:24 p.m.:

Janina Hettich gave everything.

Now the German hopes are on Denise Herrmann, she has to nibble off the deficit second by second.

3.20 p.m.:

Hettich's deficit on the top trio has grown to just under 30 seconds.

Stay tuned Janina!

3:16 p.m.:

The top trio goes to the standing stop at the same time.

No!

Hettich fires twice and has to reload, the third shot also misses.

But nothing is lost yet, the gap of 23 seconds is tolerable and can be made up again.

3:14 p.m.:

The Frenchwoman has taken the lead again with a strong mileage.

Germany and Sweden stay tuned.

3:09 p.m.:

The six leading women arrive at the shooting range almost at the same time.

Hettich and the Swede are the only ones to clear all five targets while lying down and go back to the trail at the same time.

3:07 p.m.:

Hettich keeps up well and stays within striking distance with the tip.

3:03 p.m.:

Hinz hands over the baton to Janina Hettich.

The German women are on rank 3, 11 seconds behind, with good prospects in the race.

3:01 p.m.:

Hinz gives everything, but Sweden, France and Austria are lurking right behind.

2:57 p.m.:

The second shooting, this time standing.

Hinz remains flawless!

The German starter takes all the time and stays very focused - 2nd place.

2:55 p.m .:

The first difficult climb.

Hinz clings to the top trio around Russia, Italy and Switzerland.

2:51 p.m.:

The first shooting is due - in the lying position.

Very strong!

Hinz clears all the discs and can continue without a reload.

2:50 p.m.:

The pace is not really high yet, the runners watch each other before the first shooting.

Vanessa Hinz is in the front part of the field, but that must also be the claim.

2.45 p.m .: start!

The athletes are on the trail.

Now it's getting serious.

Update from January 16, 2:43 p.m.:

It’s about to start.

Vanessa Hinz is already in the starting blocks as a starting runner.

The podium should be in today.

The favorites are clearly the Norwegians.

Update from January 16, 2:15 p.m.:

In half an hour, the women's relay will be on the trail.

The German biathlon quartet today consists of 

Vanessa Hinz *

, Janina Hettich, Denise Herrmann

and

Franziska Preuß.

Will the German women get their first podium this year over 4x 6km?

First report

: 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)

Source: merkur

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