The German biathletes made it incredibly exciting.
Franziska Preuss wins silver for the DSV with a crazy last lap.
On the last weekend of the Biathlon World Cup in Pokljuka, Slovenia, some decisions are still pending.
The women make a nerve-wracking start to the season.
After mega excitement, they celebrate silver.
You can follow both Saturday competitions in our live ticker.
Biathlon World Cup: final result of the men's relay
1. |
Norway |
1: 12: 27.4 |
2. |
Sweden |
+33.1 |
3. |
Russia |
+50.9 |
... |
||
7th |
Germany |
+1: 43.2 |
Biathlon World Cup: final result of the women's relay
Norway |
1: 05: 29.7 |
Germany |
+8.8 |
Ukraine |
+9.2 |
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After race day:
The German women will certainly build something up for the men today.
Erik Lesser in particular should certainly need some encouragement.
In the end, seventh place is definitely a respectable result for the men's relay.
With only four misses, they were among the best on the stand.
In the end, Benedikt Doll also “nibbled” his opponent in the final sprint, as he called it himself.
Biathlon World Cup: Norway also wins men's relay - Doll fights until the end
Goal:
And so it is.
At the end of the day, Norway slipped into first place.
After having proven again and again that they are virtually unbeatable on the track.
However, others were better at the stand.
With eight mistakes, Norway has the most on the podium.
Samuelsson also comes into the home straight with a pleasant lead over his pursuer.
He grabs a Swedish flag and is very happy about the silver.
Russian Latypov just as happy about three.
For known reasons he does not get a flag.
Benedikt Doll is different.
In the last few meters he takes on a tough duel for seventh place.
That is morality.
Then handshake with the Slovenian counterparty.
A conciliatory conclusion.
Round 12/12:
Arnd Peiffer can empathize with Erik Lesser: “Of course that's suffering when something like that happens.” After all, everyone has had a bad day before.
It's a shame, but there's nothing you can do about that, said Pfeiffer.
Meanwhile, Samuelsson plows up the inclines and takes massive amounts of time from the Russian.
But he will probably no longer get close to Christiansen.
8. Shooting:
Christiansen shows unexpected nakedness.
Must reload.
But the lead is easily enough.
Latypov shows light nerves behind it.
Shoot once.
France made three mistakes and Italy went to the penalty loop.
To the delight of Sweden's Samuelsson.
With a quick shot he pulls past Russia to silver.
Benedikt Doll is eighth from the last shooting.
The DSV men only made four mistakes.
Round 11/12:
Russia has four pursuers behind its neck and is really accelerating.
Will the pace of shooting take revenge?
7. Shooting:
It also looks like after shooting.
Christiansen was long gone when the first pursuers came to the booth.
Behind them Latypov shoots best for Russia, but Dudchenko fails.
Ukraine now has to fight again.
France, Sweden and Italy at least in the race for third place.
Doll fires once for Germany and is frantically reloading.
That takes time.
The German men will probably not imitate the women in a comeback sensation.
Round 10/12:
There are now 17 seconds between third and fourth place.
Will Ukraine and Russia win silver?
Nobody will come close to the Norwegian Christiansen.
3rd change:
Boe sends Christiansen on the journey with a lot of tailwind.
You could already see a small smile when changing.
Ukraine and Russia have Italy and France on their necks.
Arnd Peiffer leaves Benedikt Doll in tenth place.
Good race of the silver medal winner.
Round 9/12:
Fortunately, the German team doctor can report that Erik Lesser is physically fine.
He is extremely depressed, but not injured or sick.
He just had a bad day.
6. Shooting:
The race is almost lonely for Boe.
He already sets all five hits before pursuer Giacomel even creates.
Then the Italian shoots four more and has to go to the penalty loop.
Arnd Peiffer also concentrated while standing.
Cleared clean again.
He keeps the German season in touch with the top ten.
One minute and six seconds are missing on the podium.
It's going to be an uphill battle.
Round 8/12:
Arnd Peiffer goes into the eighth lap in 12th place after a clean, quick take.
The shooting fits.
In terms of running it will of course be very difficult now.
5. Shoot:
Boe makes a small mistake on the last shot.
Apparently he just wanted to leave too early and is forgetting.
The first spare is right there and Giacomel can make up little.
Round 7/12:
"That happens and you are powerless," Fischer classifies the collapse of Erik Lesser.
Now it's up to the rest of the team to show greatness and fight.
2nd change:
Lucas Hofer was able to bring Italy forward strongly.
The distance to Norway is moderate and he was able to lose a few seconds before his Ukrainian fellow pursuer.
Arnd Peiffer takes 15th place from Roman Rees.
Round 6/12:
Next to the track, the direction captures a somewhat sad picture.
Erik Lesser, exhausted and with his head hanging, trudges towards the container.
Boe easily loses ground on the trail.
The Norwegian lead is still comfortable.
4. Shooting:
Boe is
shooting
with a large margin.
Takes some time.
And then actually shoots three times.
Rarely seen in the Norwegian.
Fillion-Maillet got it worse shortly afterwards.
The Frenchman has to go to the penalty loop.
While Fillion-Maillet is almost behind him, Rees comes to the booth. And he shoots superbly.
Five quick hits.
That takes time again.
Round 5/12:
Rees has to fight, is 1.44 behind Boe.
But he is connected to the field and can fight his way up to one athlete after the other.
3. Shooting:
Boe at the shooting range is confident as usual.
Once he takes a deep breath, he clears away one pane after another.
Of course, the field can't make up any time.
After all, Hofer and Fillion-Maillet show no nakedness either.
Swiss Weger joins the pursuing group.
Roman Rees had to brake hard at the stand.
But then at least shoots clean.
It continues without a reload.
Round 4/12:
Erik Lesser actually collapses after the change.
Completely exhausted, he lies on the ground.
The team doctor has to take care of it.
Meanwhile, Tarjei Boe hisses away all competition.
Only Italy and France can keep their distances.
3rd change:
"I'm really sorry for Erik.
He dies a thousand deaths, ”complains ZDF expert Sven Fischer.
Meanwhile, Lesser drags himself towards the stadium.
Norway rushed over a minute.
Round 3/12:
Now Laegreid is gaining strength again.
Before making the move, of course, he wants to offer as many meters on the competition as possible.
And that works fine.
Half way up the road, it already makes ten seconds on the Belarusians.
Meanwhile, Erik Lesser seems to almost collapse.
It bites and pumps on the climb, but is overtaken by half the field.
2. Shooting:
Standing attack and Laegreid not clear again.
Guigonnat even needs two spare rounds, just like Lesser.
Italy misses three times and falls out of the top group for the time being.
Germany after about half a minute behind Norway.
Round 2/12:
The field is now stretching a little.
Italian Bionaz has fought his way up to Laegreid with strong climbs.
Erik Lesser meanwhile loses something and falls to seventh place.
The top trio from France, Italy and Norway has now been able to pull away slightly.
1. Shooting:
Laegreid is the first in prone
shooting
with a narrow margin.
However, Guigonnat takes the time from him with a quick recording and starts out again before him.
Lesser has to reload once, but shoots quickly and stays in the middle of the race.
Round 1/12:
Erik Lesser keeps close contact with the Norwegian, who is setting the pace here.
On the second ascent, the Italian runner accidentally kicks the German on the stick.
Little wobbler, but Lesser holds on.
Biathlon World Cup: men's relay starts - what is the German quartet doing?
Before the start:
The DSV women presented a lot of emotions.
Now it's up to the gentlemen.
Antholz is certainly still in people's heads, but a lot of the unfortunate last men's relay was also very good.
A lot seems to be possible for the German quartet today.
Biathlon World Cup: DSV women celebrate mega comeback in the relay - first medal
After the race:
“We just had top material,” explains Franziska Preuss on her crazy last lap, “and then somehow my second life came.” The German quartet is overjoyed with this silver medal.
The ladies admit that there is some relief after the difficult start.
Goal:
Incredible ending on the last lap!
Preuss lets the Ukrainian overtake her before the last departure.
How she caught them on the last few meters is hard to explain.
The German women will not care "how".
Preuss conjures the DSV to silver!
Last lap:
The Norwegian can certainly not be denied.
Behind it, Preuss fights bitterly with the Ukrainian for silver.
Fight!
8. Shooting:
Roeiseland missed the preliminary decision at the last shooting, but came out first.
Preuss behind it irresistible again!
Fast five hits and Germany is in second place in the last lap.
Round 11/12:
The Norwegian on skis is absolutely unbeatable.
Immediately takes the leadership out of the hand of the Ukrainian.
Preuss meanwhile runs on five, is more and more dependent on her pursuers, but can barely reach the top group.
Maybe shooting again?
7. Shooting:
Roeisland shoots her first attempt far to the left at the stand and has to adjust.
Do it upside down too.
The nerves?
The experienced Ukrainian can not be denied.
Reloads faster and takes the lead.
Preuss at the same time with a mega-recording.
She takes out 20 seconds while lying down.
only twelve seconds are missing on bronze.
Round 10/12:
Norwegian Roeiseland obviously doesn't want to have any tension here and goes mega-speed.
Kruchyinkina stays tuned.
Meanwhile, things are going super annoying for Bulgaria.
The runner takes the wrong exit and has to turn around halfway to the shooting range.
3rd change:
Wow!
Denise Hermann literally flies through her last lap and sends Franziska Preuss 43 seconds behind in the decision.
The heart of the DSV certainly stood still for a moment.
Hermann missed the change and knocked Preuss in the zone on the second attempt.
Round 9/12:
Lien is not intimidated and brings back the seconds in the trail directly.
Hermann is now really snappy.
Gets up again for almost ten seconds.
Maybe there is still bronze in there?
6. Shooting:
Blashko outstanding at the shooting range.
Fire Ukraine on one.
Sola right after.
Lien needs a spare again and is now third.
Denise Herrmann also makes a lot of time standing up.
Clean five hits.
The residue again under a minute.
Lap 8/12:
On the track, Sola maintains the pressure and plows closer to Lien meter by meter.
But Poland and Ukraine cannot be written off here either.
The German runners have all tried so far.
Vanessa Hinz emphasizes at the edge of the track that the heat in Pokljuka makes the race very difficult.
5. Shooting:
Lien was almost ice cold at her first major event at the stand.
Places the first four cleanly and quickly.
Only the last one is not sitting.
But Sola also has to reload.
So can hardly make up time.
Denise Herrmann, meanwhile, fits in very unhappily.
The first shot goes right wrong.
She only corrects after the second miss and then actually needs all three reloads.
The wind obviously different than when shooting.
After all, the penalty loop prevented.
However, almost the entire field is unsure.
Hermann is eighth.
Round 7/12:
Sola now drives the Belarusians out of the small chasing group and moves closer to Norwegian Lien.
Can she still attack the top?
2. Change:
The French woman could not keep up in the chasing group and falls to five.
Poland stays at the top.
Unfortunately, Hettich comes into the stadium with a big gap.
Their runtime is acceptable, but compared to Eckhoff it's just hard to look good.
With her recordings again the Germans will certainly not be 100 percent satisfied.
Round 6/12:
Janina Hettich is now more than a minute behind the top.
But Eckhoff also runs away tremendously.
Only far behind are France, Poland, Belarus and Ukraine fighting for the connection.
4. Shooting:
Norwegian Eckhoff again with a spare.
But he remains twice unpunished.
The French woman also has to add a cartridge and the Norwegian simply cannot be caught on the track.
This time, Hettich made no mistakes while standing.
The gap to Norway is almost 40 seconds.
Round 5/12:
After a surprisingly uncertain shoot, Eckhoff - one of the best runners in the field - can bring Norway and himself to one.
3. Shooting:
Again no wind.
Eckhoff and Carrara still shaky.
The Norwegian needs two spare rounds.
Hettich - actually a good shooter - also makes mistakes.
Twice next to it.
After all, no penalty loop.
Round 4/12:
Eckhoff immediately makes meters on Carrara.
Accumulates in under one lap almost nine seconds.
Meanwhile, Hettich is losing ground slightly.
1. Change:
The Italians are the first to change.
Tandrevolt has meanwhile been able to work his way out of the field and sends her follower on the journey as runner-up.
Vanessa Hinz just behind.
No mistake when switching.
Janina Hettich on three at the start of her race.
Round 3/12:
Norwegian Tandrevolt doesn't seem to have an easy time.
If the group is currently working its way forward, Vitozzi is not noticeably closer in time.
2. Shooting:
The Italian is the first to shoot and fires a quick, error-free shot.
She pulls away again.
Vanessa Hinz followed right behind with a good shooting.
Round 2/12:
Vitozzi doesn’t want to take the lead from him, of course, and he’s really strong in running.
She works out a good lead.
1. Shooting:
Hinz is good in the race and takes the hardly existing wind cleanly.
Without a spare and with a good time, the German continues.
Only Lisa Vitozzi from Italy was better.
The field, however, is very close.
Round 1/12:
Vanessa Hinz obviously doesn't feel like the crowd in the crowd and works her way to first place before the first shooting.
This means that she can take the first descent without worries.
In the following climb, however, she loses some ground and also the lead.
Round 1/12:
Sweden and France really hit the gas right from the start.
The track is also optimal today, the temperature pleasant.
We can look forward to a brisk race.
Start:
let's go!
Can the German women get their first medals today?
In Antholtz they still landed silver.
Only Norway was better.
Biathlon World Cup in Slovenia: Start!
Vanessa Hinz starts the German women's relay
Before the start:
"Your word in God's ears", laughs Florian Steirer, discipline trainer for the German women, when asked whether today is a medal day.
When the weather is great, he sees little reason not to keep his courage.
Nevertheless, he gladly accepts good luck.
Before the start:
Another quarter of an hour until the start of the women's relay in Pokljuka.
Vanessa Hinz will open the race for Germany.
Jana Hettich, Denise Herrmann and Franziska Preuß follow as the last runner.
Before the start:
The next winter's day in Pokljuka offers a double chance for a medal for the German representation.
The DSV in the relay traditionally hopes for precious metal today.
The ladies start the relay day.
Biathlon World Cup: Relays in the live ticker - does the DSV athletes' poop day get better at the grand finale?
Pokljuka - After the disappointment for the German team in the single mixed relay, the nerves were on edge, Erik Lesser * and Franziska Preuss * carried their frustration outward.
On Saturday, however, the DSV * athletes still have the chance of a conciliatory conclusion - or even a medal.
On the penultimate day of the Biathlon World Cup in Slovenia, the relays of women and men take place.
Biathlon World Cup in the live ticker: Preuss and Lesser can make amends in the relays
"I made the pile in the toilet and Franzi then flushed it down," Lesser grumbled about the unappealing performance of the biathletes on Thursday.
Even Preuss was anything but enthusiastic after seventh place and spoke of a "poop day", last year she and Lesser won the World Cup silver medal in Antholz.
The medal from Arnd Peiffer *, who won silver in the men's singles on Wednesday, should give hope to the DSV team * at the final weekend of the world championship.
After the relays on Saturday, the mass starts will follow on the last day of the tournament.
So with four pending decisions, will there be a single German podium?
In the medal table, Germany ranks sixth out of seven, but can still climb a few places.
Biathlon World Cup in the live ticker: Preuss does not want to "hang his head" - Lesser won silver last year
The goal of four to five precious metals is still a bit far away, but the DSV team wants to get everything out of it again on the last two days.
“I'll be patient and do my stuff.
Now I can't let my head hang, ”said Preuss from Wasserburg, who was always in the top ten at the World Cup.
Lesser, on the other hand, disappointed at the World Cup, but was able to demonstrate comeback qualities.
Last year, the 26-year-old was able to take part in the competitions after massive problems and won two silver medals, one of which was in the men's relay.
A good omen?
(ajr) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital editors network.
