Biathlon today in the live ticker: will the German men get their first Olympic medal?
Created: 02/12/2022, 06:57
By: Tobias Ruf
Biathlon: Johannes Kühn on the Olympic route.
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Henrik Schmidt
The biathlon competitions at the 2022 Olympics will continue on Saturday with the men's sprint.
The German team has several good options at the start.
chiemgau24.de is part of the live ticker for the biathlon today.
Beijing/Zhangjiakou - In
biathlon
, the
second men's individual competition at the 2022 Olympics
is scheduled for Saturday.
At 10:00 a.m. the men will compete in the
sprint over 10 kilometers
, chiemgau24.de is included in the live ticker
for the biathlon
today .
Then
four German men
will have the chance to win the first biathlon medal for the German men at the 2022 Olympics.
Johannes Kühn, Benedikt Doll, Philipp Nawrath and Roman Rees
will start.
Since Germany only has four starting places, Erik Lesser and David Zobel have to watch.
Biathlon today in the live ticker: running form is good, German men are ready for the Olympic sprint
The
prospects for precious metal are good
if it goes over the 10-kilometer distance and there are two shots.
In biathlon, the sprint is one of the disciplines in which the focus is on running performance.
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Nawrath, Kühn and Doll showed themselves to be in very good running condition in the previous
biathlon competitions at the 2022 Olympics
, and Rees also impressed in the individual on Tuesday.
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Biathlon in the live ticker today: Kühn, Doll and Nawrath with strong results
Kühn has already won a sprint in the biathlon this season
, Doll made it onto the podium in Ruhpolding and Nawrath has already made it into the top six.
The German gentlemen belong to the extended group of favourites.
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But the
top favorites
for the medals come from other nations.
Quentin Fillon Maillet
leads the overall World Cup and won gold in the individual.
He is in excellent running condition and can go to the start free.
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struggled in the World Cup,
but found his running form just in time for the Olympics
.
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Martin Ponsiluoma and Sebastian Samuelsson
are among the secret favourites, as are Tarjei Boe, Emilien Jacquelin and the German starters.
Here is the start list
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The race starts at 10:00 a.m., chiemgau24.de is included in the live ticker for the biathlon.
Source: chiemgau24.de
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