Olympic biathlon in the live ticker today: gold double pack for Denise Herrmann in the sprint?

Created: 02/11/2022, 06:06

By: Andreas Knobloch

Denise Herrmann: She has the first golden one, does she shoot her way to the second?

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Biathlon live today: will it be double gold for Denise Herrmann?

The women's 7.5-kilometer sprint in our live ticker.

Beijing - It's much easier to walk once you've climbed to the top.

Denise Herrmann secured her biathlon gold medal at the Olympic Games in Beijing by winning over 15 kilometers in women's singles.

Now you can run free.

About the medal she won, she said: "It's really cool, because every now and then someone comes by and wants to hold the good piece in their hands." And maybe more people will come soon who also want to hold their second medal in their hands.

Olympia live today with biathlon: women's 7.5-kilometer sprint - double gold for Denise?

In the women's 7.5-kilometer sprint (starting at 10 a.m. CET), the women start in a predetermined order, 30 seconds apart, as in the individual event.

This time they only have to go to the shooting range twice.

Once lying down, once standing.

In addition to Herrmann, favorites include Marte Olsbu Röiseland (Norway) and Elvira Öberg (Sweden).

The remaining German starters are Vanessa Hinz, Franziska Preuss and Vanessa Voigt.

Olympia 2022: starting order for biathlon sprint - 7.5 kilometers for women

• 10:00:30: #1 Tiril Eckhoff (Norway) opens the race

• ....

• 10:04:30 am: #9 Denise Herrmann

• 10:19: #38 Vanessa Voigt

• 103630: #72 Franziska Preuss

• 10:41:30 am: #83 Vanessa Hinz

The title defense within German sport is also going a bit.

The 2018 Olympic champion in this discipline is Laura Dahlmeier.

Herrmann does not want to rest.

The 33-year-old is focused.

"I know I'm in a good mood.

I hope I can show that one or two more times," says Herrmann.

Vanessa Voigt, who was just 1.3 seconds short of bronze in the individual, also wants to continue this strong performance.