Biathlon: Schempp again close to the podium

Simon Schempp (Uhingen) missed his first podium position of the season at the World Cup in Annecy, France. The mass start world champion convinced in the sprint with a flawless shooting performance, but was fourth again in the fourth victory of the season for the outstanding Norwegian Johannes Thingnes Bö. Last weekend in Hochfilzen, Germany, the 29-year-old also narrowly missed the podium with two fourth places.

“I’ve been fine in the sprint so far, and today I’ve been fine again,”said Schempp, who at the end missed Antonin Guigonnat (0) from France in 7.1 seconds on the surprise third place on ZDF:”Today I’ve finally stayed with zero mistakes, which is a great shooting result. I’m very pleased.”

France’s star Martin Fourcade (0) remained at the 17th place. For the third time this season, the World Cup victory of Bö (0), which started well into the Olympic winter season, was only the second place.

The other DSV runners missed the top 10. Benedikt Doll (Breitnau/2) in twelfth place with a strong mileage achieved half the standard for the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang (9th place). till 25. February). Arnd Peiffer (Clausthal-Zellerfeld) came 22nd after an error in the standing attack.

Erik Lesser (Frankenhain) had to make do with the penalty round three times and finished 44th. Johannes Kühn (Reit im Winkl/2) turned 38th, Philipp Nawrath (Nesselwang/1) landed on rank 59.

On Thursday, seven-time world champion Laura Dahlmeier gave the German Ski Association (DSV) a podium position in the French Alps with her second place in the sprint.

At the third World Cup of the Olympic Winter on Saturday the pursuit races are scheduled. The women start at 11.45 am (in the LIVETICKER) and the men start at 2.45 pm. On Sunday, the mass start for women (11.45 a. m.) and men (14.30 a. m., both in the LIVETICKER) will conclude the day.