The start of the Biathlon World Championships in Oberhof failed for the German team.
Benedikt Doll's shooting errors cost the mixed relay a medal.
Oberhof – The DSV team started the Biathlon World Championships in Oberhof on Wednesday (February 8) with a disappointing sixth place.
In the mixed relay over 4x6 kilometers, the German athletes were almost 31 seconds short of finishing on a medal.
The teams from Norway, Italy and France took the first three places.
Benedikt Doll was the tragic figure in the quartet consisting of Vanessa Voigt, Denise Herrmann-Wick and Roman Rees.
Nevertheless, he is considered the strongest German player after the biathlon competitions he has completed so far, as he takes a respectable seventh place in the overall rankings for men.
Biathlon World Cup in Oberhof: Doll is disappointed with his own performance
Vanessa Voigt started cautiously and finished her run in eleventh place, Denise Herrmann-Wick was then able to reduce the gap to the leaders to 26.9 seconds.
From here, however, bad luck for Benedikt Doll took its course.
Doll made four penalties on prone, resulting in a penalty loop and a deficit that Doll and Rees, as anchors, were unable to make up.
Biathlon: The German men's squad for the 2022/23 season
Biathlon: The German men's squad for the 2022/23 season
"I'm very upset.
It wasn't a real shift, my shooting was just wild, a disaster.
You don't train for 20 years of biathlon for that," said the 32-year-old after the competition in the sports show.
Biathlon World Cup in Oberhof: TV expert comments on the supposed home advantage
The supposed home advantage in Oberhof was also discussed
in the
sports show.
TV expert and season world champion of 2017, Erik Lesser, pointed out: “It depends on your own form whether the viewers can push you.
If you feel bad and a little unsure, the pressure from outside and the loud fans can also be a hindrance.
But when I was in a good mood, that brought me personally to the front,” explains Lesser.
“I'm trying to get my confidence back in training on the shooting range.
If this were an individual competition, I could check it off quickly, but at the moment I just feel sorry for my teammates,” Benedikt Doll analyzed after the race with a little distance.
The German biathletes now have until Saturday, February 11th to prepare for the upcoming competition.
The upcoming men's sprint offers Benedikt Doll a chance to continue his good performance so far in the individual classification.
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Meanwhile, before the start of the Ski Jumping World Championships, an Olympic champion has surprisingly returned from an injury.
This article was created with the help of machines and carefully checked by the editor Melanie Gottschalk before publication
