Wrong Facebook post

Created: 01/05/2022, 07:02 AM

By: Patrick Hilmes

Have to be patient: David Zobel had hoped to be nominated for the World Cup after his victory in Obertilliach.

But first he will continue in the IBU Cup.

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The social media department of the German Ski Association has announced that the Werdenfels biathlete David Zobel will be at the World Cup in Oberhof.

But that's not the case.

But there is one other point that bothers sable.

Osrblie -

“Ready!

We are ready for the home World Cup in Oberhof, let's go ”.

With this Facebook post including a wink smiley, the biathlon division of the German Ski Association (DSV) wanted to announce to its followers on Tuesday afternoon on social media which teams Germany will start with at the World Cup in Oberhof.

One of the parties: David Zobel from Werdenfels.

When the daily newspaper called the 25-year-old, it did not catch an overjoyed athlete who was allowed to compete with the world's best in his field for the second time.

On the other hand, a downcast sable directly revises the congratulations.

"Unfortunately, this is not true.

I'm not there at all.

Something must have gone wrong again. "

Already the second false announcement

Because it is not the first time that the social media team of the DSV Zobel has falsely announced a World Cup.

The same thing happened in December 2021 before the competitions in Hochfilzen.

As?

Zobel doesn't know that either, but can only guess: "Maybe I was on a piece of paper once internally." That is quite possible, because the native of Starnberg recently drew attention to himself with strong performances in the IBU Cup.

That was not hidden from national coach Mark Kirchner.

Zobel had a good chance of being nominated for a World Cup soon.

And then in mid-December he put first place in the individual at the IBU Cup in Obertilliach.

With that he should have pushed open the World Cup door, right?

Zobel worries that a World Cup start has been promised

No.

In itself, Zobel has no problem with that and can understand the decision.

“The guys who are there have worked for it over the years and earned it.

So it is only fair that they get further chances, even if the top results are not achieved at first. ”But now before the competitions in Oberhof he was offered a starting place.

That is exactly what bothers him.

“If it's not announced, okay.

But we were told through the flower that we have opportunities.

That annoys me.

Because we offered ourselves, ”emphasizes Zobel.

IBU Cup instead of World Cup, Osrblie instead of Oberhof

He now wants to swallow the anger and look to the future. "That's why I will definitely not bury my head in the sand." His goal: just keep convincing, collect more podium places in the second division of biathlon, and then after the World Cup in Östersund, Sweden (March 2021) compete with the To be able to measure the elite. “I just have to make myself indispensable.” Zobel has the next opportunity to do so at the IBU Cup in Osrblie (Slovenia). There are two sprints on January 8th and 9th, and an individual, a sprint and a pursuit from January 12th to 15th. The World Cup experienced Philipp Horn will also start in Slovenia. “A good opportunity to compare yourself with him,” says Zobel.His name disappeared from the DSV's Facebook post an hour later and was replaced by Lucas Fratzscher's. He currently leads the overall ranking in the IBU Cup, Zobel follows in fourth place.