German star complains: “Assault” in biathlon

Biathlete Benedikt Doll bluntly addressed one of his construction sites on television in front of an audience of millions before the German men's relay team jumped onto the podium at the World Cup in Hochfilzen. “I'm getting tired of always having to sugarcoat it,” complained the Black Forest native about his skis on ZDF. “It felt a bit like assault. The others, especially the Swedes and the Norwegians, always have top material. It’s still a bit of a lottery for us at the moment, but we’re working on it to get better,” said the former world champion (31). Even without Olympic champion Arnd Peiffer, who went home for personal reasons, the German men finished third in the relay at the end of the first week of the World Cup in Hochfilzen, Austria. Erik Lesser, Roman Rees, Doll and Philipp Horn were 44,1 seconds behind Olympic champion Sweden on Sunday after a total of seven spare rounds. Kontiolahti winners Norway came second despite a penalty. “We can be very satisfied. It was the hard fight we expected,” said head national coach Mark Kirchner. In total, the German ski hunters achieved seven podium places before the last biathlon week of the year from Thursday, which is also taking place in Tyrol due to the coronavirus pandemic. “I’ll definitely get another one on the lid.” Benedict Doll In the hunting race on Saturday, Doll and Lesser had lost their good starting position from the sprint at the shooting range and dropped from eighth place to eleventh and from tenth to 16th. Horn (20/3rd place), Rees (28/2) and Johannes Kühn (32/4) didn't do much better at the shooting range in the double victory of the Frenchmen Quentin Fillon Maillet and Émilien Jacquelin, who remained error-free. Doll later knew exactly what to expect. “I'll definitely get another one from Engelbert, our shooting guru.” Engelbert Sklorz, the team's new shooting coach, has a lot to do.

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German star complains: “Assault” in biathlon

The German biathletes have already achieved seven podium places in the first races of the season. But there is still a lot of room for improvement. One ski hunter was particularly angry before the final week in Hochfilzen.

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