Biathlon: Dahlmeier second in Antholz

Seven-time biathlon world champion Laura Dahlmeier is getting in better shape before the Olympic Games.

22 days before the start of the Winter Games in Pyeongchang (9. till 25. After a flawless performance in the sprint over 7.5 km at the World Cup in Antholz/Italy, she only had to admit defeat to the Norwegian Tiril Eckhoff and finished second.

After the second place in Ruhpolding’s mass start last week, it was the second podium place in a row,”It felt more exhausting than it was at the end of the race,”said Dahlmeier.

The 24-year-old, who also achieved the fourth-best runtime time of all the starters, was twelve seconds behind the also faultless two-time world champion Eckhoff, who hadn’t been convincing this season before. Third place went to the Czech Veronica Vitkova (0 mistakes/+20.6).

Franziska Hildebrand (Clausthal-Zellerfeld/+54.2), Denise Herrmann (Oberwiesenthal/+56.2 seconds) and Vanessa Hinz (Schliersee/+56.9) in places nine, ten and eleven rounded off a strong team result for the German Ski Association (DSV).