A good start for the ailing Dorothea Wierer

Dorothea Wierer is also a force to be reckoned with in Ruhpolding! The biathlon ace from Niederrasen showed his usual confident performance on the shooting range and hit the mark with all ten shots. Only on the cross-country ski run, things didn't really work out - but that's understandable, since Wierer recently fell victim to an illness and came to Ruhpolding weakened by taking antibiotics. The 25-year-old nevertheless worked out a good starting position for the pursuit race on Saturday, stopping the timekeeping at 20:09,0 minutes and is therefore 22,5 seconds behind the winner Franziska Hildebrand.

Tight affair at the top Speaking of Hildebrand: The local hero defeated the Czech Gabriela Soukalova by a measly 0,3 seconds. The German showed a lot of staying power, especially in the finish, as she was still five seconds behind Soukalova after the second shooting and only turned the tables in the last few meters. The gaps between the third and fourth athletes show how close the race was: The Finnish Kaisa Makarainen secured the last place on the podium with a gap of 2,3 seconds, while Laura Dahlmeier was only 2,8 seconds behind 4th place was enough.

Other South Tyrolean women are having a hard time Federica Sanfilippo and Karin Oberhofer, on the other hand, didn't have a good day: both missed shots twice and lost valuable time in the penalty loops. In the end, Oberhofer reached the finish line in 1th place, 35,5:35 minutes behind, while Sanfilippo crossed the finish line 1:37,2 minutes late and ended up in 37th place. Alexia Runggaldier from Val Gardena, who celebrated her World Cup season debut in the sprint, did not get past 2th place with one miss and 20,0:54 minutes behind. The pursuit continues on Saturday at 15.15:XNUMX p.m.

IBU Biathlon World Cup, 4th stage, women's sprint, Ruhpolding (GER): 1. Franziska Hildebrand (GER) 19:46,5 minutes (0 misses) 2. Gabriela Soukalova (CZE) +0,3 seconds (0) 3. Kaisa Makarainen (FIN) +2,3 (0) 4. Laura Dahlmeier (GER) +2,8 (1) 5. Olga Podchufarova (RUS) +22,3 (0) 6. Dorothea Wierer (ITA/Niederrasen) +22,5 (0) 7. Olena Pidhrushna (UKR) +31,7 (0) 8. Yuliia Dzhima (UKR) +35,0 (0) 9. Veronika Vitkova (CZE) +36,3 (1) 10. Daria Virolaynen (RUS) +39,4 (0) 35. Karin Oberhofer (ITA/Feldthurns) +1:35,5 minutes (2) 37. Federica Sanfilippo (ITA/Ridnaun) +1:37,2 (2) 54. Alexia Runggaldier (ITA/St. Christina) +2:20,0 (1)

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A good start for the ailing Dorothea Wierer

There is still room for improvement, but not bad at the beginning: Dorothea Wierer took sixth place at the start of the fourth World Cup stage in Ruhpolding. The German Franziska Hildebrand won the sprint race, while the remaining three South Tyrolean starters placed outside the top 30.

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