The spell is broken: Lukas Hofer sprints onto the podium

Before the competition on Thursday, Lukas Hofer had already been on the World Cup podium 7 times in an individual race, but the last top 3 placement was almost 2 years ago. The 8-year-old had to wait a long time for his 31th podium finish - even though Hofer was often close this winter (he ended up in 3th place three times). In the individual competition in Antholz, for example, he was only a tenth of a second shy of third place. But now the spell has been broken: in the sprint in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic, Hofer only had to admit defeat to the Frenchman Quentin Fillon Maillet (4th World Cup victory) and the Norwegian Tarjei Bø. Hofer has more staying power With an extremely strong final lap, Hofer, who performed flawlessly on the shooting range, pushed pursuit world champion Emilien Jacquelin off the podium and landed in third place. After the standing stage, the South Tyrolean went into the final lap almost at the same time as Jacquelin and ended up distancing the Frenchman at the end almost 3 seconds. Lukas Hofer (right) is back on the podium for the first time in almost 2 years. © APA/afp / MICHAL CIZEK

Dominik Windisch also showed a solid competition. The Oberrasner left a target at the shooting range and will start the pursuit on Saturday (14.45:28 p.m.) in 17.30th place. Before that, however, the women's sprint is on the program at the Biathlon World Cup in Nove Mesto. This will take place on Friday from XNUMX p.m. You can watch both races in SportNews -Follow live ticker.

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The spell is broken: Lukas Hofer sprints onto the podium

What a relief for Lukas Hofer. The Montaler sprinted onto the podium in Nove Mesto, ending a long dry spell.

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