Biathlon in Antholz: German replacement relay causes a big surprise shortly before the Olympics

Created: 2022-01-24 05:26

Surprise in Antholz: The German biathlon relay races onto the podium.

The DSV team did not start with the best cast.

Antholz – The German replacement relay surprisingly made it onto the podium at the Biathlon World Cup in Antholz.

The DSV quartet with Roman Rees, Philipp Horn, David Zobel and Lukas Fratzscher took a great third place after strong performances on the shooting range.

It was the second top 3 result of the winter after second place in Ruhpolding.

Almost two weeks before the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing (February 4th to 20th), the Norwegians around the brothers Johannes Thingnes and Tarjei Bö underlined their role as favorites with their third win of the season.

They won impressively in 1:12:14.7 hours with four spares ahead of Russia (1+12/+1:57.2 minutes) and the DSV team (+2:04.4), which also only had four spares performed.

Biathlon in Antholz: Kühn and Doll forego relay races

Johannes Kühn and Benedikt Doll, who triumphed in the mass start on Saturday, decided not to compete in the relay race.

Erik Lesser and Philipp Nawrath were not in action at all at the World Cup in Antholz.

From Monday, the German Ski Association (DSV) team will be preparing for the Olympics in a high-altitude training camp in Antholz.

The flight from Frankfurt to Beijing is scheduled for January 31st.

The mixed relay takes place on February 5th.

This is followed by the individual races for women (7.2.) and men (8.2.).