Biathlon: Dahlmeier misses podium with strong team performance

Laura Dahlmeier missed her fourth podium position in a row at the World Cup in Antholz at the end of the Olympics dress rehearsal. In the 12.5 km mass start, the 24-year-old had to settle for fifth place on Sunday after two penalty rounds.

Behind them, Maren Hammerschmidt (Winterberg/1 penalty round) in sixth place, Franziska Preuß (Haag/1) and Vanessa Hinz (Schliersee/1) in eighth and ninth place provided a strong team result for the German Ski Association.

The Olympic gold medallist Darja Domratschewa (Belarus/1) secured her second victory of the season, followed by Slovakian Anastasiya Kuzmina (3). Kaisa Mäkäräinen from Finland, the leader of the overall World Cup, finished third despite four penalty rounds.

Previously, Dahlmeier had won the pursuit after second place in the sprint and won her medal ambitions for the Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang (9th place). till 25. February) impressively underpinned.

After the strenuous home games in Oberhof and Ruhpolding as well as the exhausting dress rehearsal in Antholz, the German biathletes are now allowed to recover and gather new strength. Before the Winter Games a training camp in Hochfilzen will be held for several days before the 5th Winter Games. February the plane to South Korea takes off.