Dorothea Wierer's departure into the unknown

Dorothea Wierer is not one to waste much thought on the past. She was recently interviewed in an interview with the Journal of Sport asked whether her eyes light up when she sees the two large crystal balls of overall World Cup victories at home. “I don’t keep anything at home (Wierer now lives in Castello di Fiemme). I have one ball in Antholz, the other is still packed in the box. I don't like to look back on the past, I prefer to concentrate on the here and now. Once I finish my career, I will dig out all the trophies and medals and put them in a nice display case.”

But Wierer still hasn't had enough. And that's why she's tackling the mission of defending her title again on Saturday: The first competition after a month-long break - it will be an individual competition - will take place on Saturday at 14.20:30 p.m. The XNUMX-year-old racer certainly has good memories of the Kontiolahti Stadium in eastern Finland: she achieved her second overall World Cup victory there just over eight months ago.

“The overall World Cup will be won by the person who doesn’t get sick.” Dorothea Wierer “Winning an overall World Cup is a fantastic feeling and also difficult. Winning two is even more strenuous,” explains Wierer in the run-up to the start of the season. “I did it and I know how hard it is to do it again. Also because everything will be even more complicated this year due to external factors.”

Wierer cleared Kontiolahti in March - then it was over because of Corona. © Lehtikuva / JUSSI NUKARI

The currently best biathlete addresses the Corona situation, which is... Kontiolahti caused quite a stir in advance has taken care of. Numerous teams have already had corona cases, the teams from Romania and Moldova even had to be completely quarantined. According to the IBU, there was also a case with the Azzurri, but no athlete was affected. The exception here is Dominik Windisch , whose pre-departure test produced a dubious result, which is why he was not allowed to go to Finland.

Wierer is also concerned about the uncertain Corona situation. “The overall World Cup will be won by the person who doesn’t get sick. In the past I often went into the competition with a fever, but that won't be possible this year. I think it will be an abnormal season,” said the double world champion, who is trying to concentrate on sport. “I'm not in great shape yet. Like every year, I need a few races to find my rhythm. The competition is getting stronger and stronger, but I'm trying to look at myself and use the experience I've gained over the years.” Biathlon World Cup in Kontiolahti, the program Sat. 28 November 11.00 a.m.: Men's individual 20 kilometers 14.20 p.m.: Women's individual 15 kilometers

Sun. 29 November 10.30:10 a.m.: Men's XNUMX kilometer sprint 13.40:7,5 p.m.: Women's sprint XNUMX kilometers

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Dorothea Wierer's departure into the unknown

The Biathlon World Cup is just around the corner: the first competitions will take place this weekend in Kontiolahti, Finland. It is already clear that it will not be a normal season - not even for South Tyrol's superstar Dorothea Wierer.

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