Biathlon ace Peiffer is worried about the future of the sport

“Basically, the Bundesliga clubs, for example, can be happy that they can play their season like this. At the moment, I think it's difficult to justify filling up a stadium or even letting 2000 people in," said the 33-year-old in an online press conference. You have to keep the balance now. “You can’t say in other places that club sports with the ten-man cardiac sports group are not allowed to do anything, but 2000 people are allowed in the stadium.” Nevertheless, the exclusion of fans is “of course a shame, I think we all agree on that agreed,” said the German. “This season we have to come to terms with Corona” Arnd Peiffer Even for the biathletes, the stadiums will not be nearly as full as usual in the season that begins on November 28th in Kontiolahti, Finland. The two World Cups at the beginning of January in Oberhof take place in front of empty stands, just like the competitions in Antholz . “This season we have to come to terms with Corona, and if I have the choice between not running any races at all or without spectators, then of course I will choose the races without fans. Because then at least I can do my job,” said the five-time world champion. Peiffer: The young people suffer the most from this The stop in amateur sports worries Peiffer much more. “You have to worry about the future. “It’s the younger people who are suffering the most now,” said the father of the family: “I think we will feel this effect in a few years when we lose our offspring.” In biathlon, for example, there will be no races in the second-class IBU Cup until the end of the year. “For the second row it's until Christmas, I don't want to say a bit of a lack of prospects, but there aren't the international races on the horizon that keep your motivation high in training,” said Peiffer.

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Biathlon ace Peiffer is worried about the future of the sport

For Germany's biathlon Olympic champion Arnd Peiffer, ghost games in football are absolutely justified due to the corona pandemic. He's thinking about the sport's near future.

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