Biathlon: Rees in Ruhpolding Fourth – Olympic Games for Björndalen

At the World Cup in Ruhpolding, Germany’s biathletes just barely missed their first podium finish of the Olympic year. In the singles over 20 km, the flawless Roman Rees (Showland) surprisingly finished fourth, thus fulfilling the standard for the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang (9th place). till 25. February). There legend Ole Einar Björndalen will definitely be missing, the Norwegian missed 42nd place. the last chance to qualify.

Meanwhile, Björndalen’s potential successor, French dominator Martin Fourcade, celebrated his fifth win of the season despite a minute’s penalty. The 29-year-old won ahead of the faultless Czech Ondrej Moravec (+1:01.1 minutes) and his closest rival in the overall World Cup, the Norwegian Johannes Thingnes Bö (1/+1:06.3). Together with Bö, Fourcade secured the small crystal ball for the victory in the discipline world cup.

Local hero Simon Schempp (Uhingen/2) was in 13th place with his performance. He showed an excellent performance in shooting and was quickly on the cross-country ski run. In that case, the individual can also move forward very quickly,”said Schempp.

Arnd Peiffer (Clausthal-Zellerfeld/2) narrowly missed the top ten in eleventh place. Johannes Kühn (Reit im Winkl/2) finished 16th, Benedikt Doll (Breitnau/3) was 22nd. Erik Lesser (Frankenhain/4) disappointed as 63.

On Thursday (14.20 hrs/ZDF and Eurosport) the women’s attack against seven-time world champion Laura Dahlmeier in the singles over 15 km. After the relays on Friday and Saturday (each at 14.30 hrs) the mass start races on Sunday (starting at 12.15 hrs) conclude the second home world cup.