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By: Sascha Mehr
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Vanessa Voigt from the German women's biathlon team cannot convince at the World Championships up to the individual level and therefore receives a lot of hate comments.
Nove Mesto – At the World Championships in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic, the German biathlon team fell short of expectations in the first races.
After the mixed relay, the sprint and the pursuit, the DSV was still without a medal.
Only Janina Hettich-Walz was able to win her first precious metal with silver in the individual.
The athletes are obviously feeling the disappointment of the fans.
Vanessa Voigt reports that she received numerous hate comments on social media.
Biathlon star bombarded with hate comments
“We often found news that was really frightening and personally insulting.
The World Cup hasn't gone so well so far.
“I just need a hug and a few nice words right now and definitely no news that might push me even further down to earth,” said Voigt in the “ARD-Sportschau” podcast.
She can understand objective criticism very well, but “where people who are sitting on the couch in front of the TV and who have perhaps never been on skis themselves simply express their criticism, even though they personally only see me at the biathlon race and at all "I don't know how bad my setup is and what I do mentally is pretty weak," said the Thuringian angrily.
Vanessa Voigt received many hate comments on social media.
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Voigt initially only managed 18th place in the World Championship sprint in Nove Mesto and 15th place in the pursuit - that is not the Thuringian's claim.
“Of course that’s not the performance you want to achieve.
This is very hard.
I really had to fight back tears because you work your ass off all year long - and then something like that comes to a climax," said Voigt in an ARD interview after the persecution.
Biathlon ace Voigt would like more objective criticism
“You don’t do it on purpose.
You don't run slowly on purpose.
You always do your best, regardless of whether the shooting result wasn't great today or whether the material wasn't great.
It's a starting line.
There is a finish line and between the two you try to give 100 percent,” Voigt told her critics in the “ARD-Sportschau” podcast.
The German was able to rehabilitate herself with fifth place in the individual.
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The 26-year-old traveled to the World Cup with great ambitions because the season had been promising so far.
At the World Cup in Östersund she came third twice and in Antholz she celebrated her first World Cup victory with Justus Strelow in the single mixed relay.
In Nove Mesto, Voigt still has several chances to fulfill her dream of acquiring precious metal.
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