Biathlon World Cup: Peiffer makes too many mistakes - double victory for Norway

The German biathlon team really wanted to secure the last World Cup medals.

The women and men missed a forgiving conclusion.

The ticker.

• On the final day of the Biathlon World Cup in Pokljuka, Slovenia, there were still two decisions to be made.

• Both the women and the men of the DSV * team had hopes for medals in the mass start.

• Both Franziska Preuss and Arnd Peiffer disappoint at the shooting range.

Biathlon World Cup in Pokljuka (Slovenia) - mass start men (start: 3.15 p.m.): final result

placement	Name (country)	time
1.	Laegreid (Norway)	36: 27.2 min
1.	Dale (Norway)	+10.2 sec
3.	Fillon Mallet (France)	+12.8 sec

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4:06 p.m .:

Peiffer: “It was the last shot in the first standing shooting.

Otherwise I would have been able to swim along.

I am still satisfied with the individual medal.

Not today with the last shooting.

Bottom line: it’s okay. "

4.00 p.m.:

National coach Mark Kirchner on

ZDF

: “We certainly haven't achieved what we wanted to achieve.

The expectation is that you want to win a medal in every race.

We achieved an individual medal for men.

In the case of Franziska Preuss and Vanessa Hinz, there is no way to speak of disappointments.

It's very tight.

It wasn't all bad, even if we are not one hundred percent satisfied.

The women's area is where it wanted to develop.

We lacked that little bit of luck in the men's field.

To be on the podium, everything has to work. "

Finish:

Peiffer finished twelfth with three penalties, 1: 09.2 minutes behind.

Doll with six mistakes came in 23rd.

The completely frustrated Jaquelin, who wanted to stop the race several times, was tearful and finished last, over seven minutes behind.

Bitter moment for the top catheter.

Finish:

Lagreid wins his fourth gold!

His Norwegian colleague Dale grabs silver, the French Fillon Mallet bronze.

13.4 kilometers before the finish:

The Frenchman Fillon Maillet (2 mistakes in total) catches up and takes second place. The Norwegian Dale also overtakes Fak and Eder.

4. Shoot:

Laegreid shoots!

Eder shoots!

Fak shoots!

Shoot all three front runners.

But Peiffer also shoots - even twice.

No medal for Germany.

He is now 12th place, more than a minute behind. Doll is now with six mistakes after two more mistakes.

11.1 kilometers, before the 4th shooting:

Laegreid makes a lot of speed in front.

His two pursuers are now more than five seconds behind.

10.4 kilometers before the 4th shooting:

The flawless top group runs in front.

Peiffer is 26.8 seconds behind.

3. Shooting:

the last one!

No!

Peiffer messes up the last disc and has to go to the penalty area.

Was it that about the medal?

Three are clear, Peiffer in 5th place is 27.7 seconds behind.

Doll misses once this time, he is in 25th place.

Before the 3rd shooting:

A group of five with Lagreid, Fak, Samuelsson, Peiffer and the Austrian Eder has withdrawn.

2. Shooting:

Peiffer clean again!

He is now sixth, 6.6 seconds behind the Slovenian Fak. Doll - who is the last to shoot all by himself - remains flawless this time.

One of the favorites, Frenchman Jaquelin, missed five times, what a disaster for him.

1. Shooting:

Peiffer stays clean!

He is eighth, 6.1 seconds back.

For Doll, on the other hand, things are going terribly - he has to run three penalty loops.

He is now 30th, so last - 1.18 minutes behind.

Bitter.

1.4 kilometers, before the 1st shooting:

Everything close together.

Peiffer passed the first measurement after 1.4 kilometers in fourteenth, 3.8 seconds behind.

Doll is 20th, 5.5 seconds behind.

Start:

You are on the way!

The Swede Ponsiluoma is leading the way.

Peiffer in 6th place.

2.27 p.m.: It starts at 3.15 p.m.

- the men's mass start!

Biathlon World Cup in Pokljuka (Slovenia) - mass start women (start: 12.30 p.m.): final result

placement	Name (country)	time
1.	LT Hauser (Austria)	36: 05.7 min
2.	IL Tandrevold (Norway)	+21.7 sec
3.	T. Eckhoff (Norway)	+23.0 sec

Finish:

Vanessa Hinz, who had a miss: “Four times zero would have been possible, the one miss annoyed me.

I am extremely pleased with yesterday's medal. "

Finish:

Preuss finished sixth - the two mistakes were too many, it went strong.

Hinz is tenth.

“Lisa makes a lot of good races.

I'm really happy about that.

I really like Lisa too, ”says Preuss on

ZDF

.

About her rank 6, she says: “Is a good placement.

I am absolutely within reach.

I had a good day yesterday.

I see that I can.

There are small adjusting screws. ”For top placements,“ I already have motivation and a new goal ”.

Finish:

Gold for Austria!

Lisa Theresa cheers!

And in the final sprint between the Norwegians, Tandrevold won silver and Eckhoff bronze.

A completely disappointed Røiseland went down - Eckhoff caught her on the finish line.

After the 4th shooting:

It looks like gold for houses!

Tandrevold, Røiseland and Eckhoff are hunting them - three Norwegians.

4. Shooting:

Preuss and Hinz shoot fast and hit everything!

4. Shooting:

Hauser remains without mistakes!

Bendika misses twice and Eckhoff also has a mistake.

After the 3rd shooting:

Two biathletes run away in front!

Only Bendika and Hauser have made no mistakes and are now allowed to storm towards the fourth stage all by themselves.

Vanessa Hinz is eighth (40.6 seconds behind) Franziska Preuss is twelfth (53.6 seconds).

3. Shooting:

Bendika and Hauser keep clean.

Hinz gets her first penalty loop.

And after a mistake on the last shot, Preuss also has to run extra again!

It's a shame that she could have sniffed at the front.

After the 2nd shooting:

Vanessa Hinz is seventh!

Preuss is currently more than 26 seconds behind on rank 14.

2. Shooting:

Hinz and Preuss stay error-free this time!

Lisa Theresa Hauser from Austria is in charge.

1. Shooting:

A mistake at Preuss!

A penalty loop for the German.

The Swiss woman Gasparin leads after shooting without mistakes.

Vanessa Hinz also stays flawless.

Start:

And they started!

Preuss is in the midfield.

Dorthea Wierer from Italy leads the way.

12.29 p.m.:

The 30 athletes are ready.

12.21 p.m.:

Shock news for the Germans!

Denise Herrmann cannot compete for health reasons.

Team doctor Dr.

Jan Wüstenfeld speaks of a precautionary measure.

She is currently driving home, other starts should not be affected.

Update from February 21, 9:01 a.m .:

It will be exciting!

The last day of the Biathlon World Cup is coming up.

What do the Germans show at the end?

The first competition of Sunday is in just under three and a half hours - we are accompanying the mass start of the women in the live ticker.

Biathlon World Cup live: Will the Germans get another medal on Sunday?

First report from February 20, 9:32 p.m .:

Pokljuka - For women and men * it is the last chance to top up their medal account.

At the Biathlon World Cup, the mass start is on the program on the final day.

The German biathletes have so far received nothing in the individual decisions.

Neither in the sprint, nor in the pursuit or in the individual, precious metal has so far jumped out.

For the first time since 1997, the German women could stay at a World Cup without an individual medal.

The women came close several times with good placements in the top 10, but did not make it onto the podium.

Biathlon World Cup in the live ticker: Last chance for DSV girls in the mass start

In the women's mass start over 12.5 kilometers, after one and a half weeks of the World Cup, the power reserves also decide.

With good shooting you can swim well in the slipstream of the leading group.

Denise Herrmann *, Franziska Preuß * and Vanessa Hinz * are nominated for the race on Sunday afternoon.

Hinz and Preuss have each had a World Cup victory so far - both won in the mass start.

However, up to now there have been problems with running, repeatedly many shooting mistakes - too often there were problems in the crucial situations.

“You can't paint it all completely black, this is not a children's birthday party here,” said Herrmann, defending the team from overly harsh criticism.

The ex-world champion struggled with her running form on the Pokljuka and is not in the physical condition as in previous years when she was in top shape.

“Our claim is of course medals,” said Herrmann and assured: “We have a few girls who can do it.” The men also think they have opportunities.

Biathlon World Cup in the live ticker: Peiffer wants to gild his silver coup in the mass start

Arnd Peiffer * secured the only medal with silver in the individual.

On Sunday afternoon in the mass start over 15 kilometers, the DSV star wants to attack again and is only supported by Benedikt Doll *.

"We are a bit underrepresented, so we have to compensate for that with particularly good performances so that the German colors can be seen," said Peiffer.

The 33-year-old won the only German win of the season in the mass start of Hochfilzen shortly before Christmas.

At world championships, however, neither Peiffer nor Doll won a medal in this discipline.

The last German World Cup victories in the mass start were celebrated in 2017 in Hochfilzen by Simon Schempp * and Laura Dahlmeier, who have already retired - so it is time for the next gold medal.

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