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In a medal frenzy

2023-01-30T17:22:45.534Z


In the pursuit, Selina Grotian won the gold medal at the European Biathlon Championships in Lenzerheide. But that's not all. The native of Mittenwald is also successful in the mixed relay.


In the pursuit, Selina Grotian won the gold medal at the European Biathlon Championships in Lenzerheide.

But that's not all.

The native of Mittenwald is also successful in the mixed relay.

Lenzerheide

– "Make up a few places." That was Selina Grotian's goal for the pursuit at the Biathlon European Championships in Lenzerheide (Switzerland).

It was clear that in the statement of the 18-year-old from Mittenwald there was hope for her second European Championship medal after bronze at the start in the individual.

She ended up going into the track fifth, just 18.1 seconds behind sprint winner Anastasiya Merkushyna of Ukraine.

Grotian would not have expected that she would have a complete set of medals in her cupboard after the competitions were over.

How did this happen?

With two brilliant performances on Saturday and Sunday.

At first, the customs officer did exactly what she had planned to do in pursuit.

Improving the standing stage, which cost her the gold medal with two penalties in Friday's sprint, and just working up a few places.

Only one of 20 shots did not find its way to the target, with 17.6 seconds ahead of the Swede Tilda Johansson Grotian secured the European Championship title.

Third place went to Gilonne Guigonnat (France).

Hanna Kebinger from SC Partenkirchen finished 15th with five shooting errors, Juliane Frühwirt from Wallgau by choice was 30th.

"I'm very satisfied," said Grotian beaming after her triumph and admitted: "I was surprised that I hit the last five targets.

I know I'm strong on the last lap.

But I still felt like I had to do everything I could to stop Johansson.” What she meant: When the Swede, who had come first to the final standing stage, missed shots 18 and 19, she instinctively upped her pace and went past .

On top of that.

Because at the end of the European Championship, the 18-year-old also had silver hanging around her neck.

Alongside the newly crowned individual European champion Lisa Maria Spark, as well as Dominic Schmuck and Lucas Fratzscher, Grotian and the DSV quartet only had to admit defeat in Norway in the mixed relay on Sunday.

Sweden completed the podium in third place.

Source: merkur

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