Biathlon relay now live: German women before the next Olympic sensation?

Created: 02/16/2022, 08:50

By: Marius Epp

Vanessa Voigt is the first to bring the German biathlon relay to the track.

© Hendrik Schmidt/dpa

The German biathlon relay fights for Olympic gold on Wednesday.

We accompany the women's race from 8.45 a.m. in the live ticker.

+++ Update +++

8.49 a.m .:

Vanessa Voigt’s skis seem to be going well, she is making progress on the descent.

She is the best shooter in the German team.

Delivers "Mrs.

Reliable” off again today?

8.45 a.m .:

The race is on!

12 years ago there was the last medal for Germany in the women's relay.

Eurosport commentator Sigi Heinrich has "a good feeling".

A lot is possible today - give us a medal, girls!

Update, 8:44 a.m.:

It's windy today.

The material will be important, in the last race the German athletes were not competitive in this respect, as Denise Herrmann had to state.

Update from January 16, 8:26 a.m .:

In alpine skiing it wasn’t quite enough for a German medal, Linus Straßer took seventh place in the men’s Olympic slalom.

Are our biathlon ladies getting the coals out of the fire now?

It's about to start, Vanessa Voigt will start for the German season.

First report from January 15th:

Beijing – What a crazy season that was for the biathlon men!

Germany lost the medal in the last shooting, Philipp Nawrath made too many mistakes.

In the end it was only the thankless fourth place for Erik Lesser, Roman Rees, Benedikt Doll and Nawrath.

Are the German Olympic women doing better on Wednesday morning (8.45 a.m. CET)?

Led by individual Olympic champion Denise Herrmann, the German biathletes want to get involved in the fight for the relay medals.

As the German Ski Association (DSV) announced on Tuesday, it is sending Vanessa Voigt, Vanessa Hinz, Franziska Preuss and Herrmann into the race over four times six kilometers.

Linus Straßer is about a medal in the slalom a little earlier.

Olympia: women's biathlon relay in the live ticker

"We've been looking forward to the relay all year," said Herrmann, who won the singles gold in China for the only German medal in eight biathlon races so far.

The season is about “that we really stay within striking distance to the end.

We're not the clear favorites on paper." Nevertheless, the 33-year-old promised: "We will fight to the knife and give everything to the last centimetre."

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