Experience beats youth: Peiffer wins the mass start

Bright sunshine, compact snow, laboratory conditions at the shooting range: the biathlon elite enjoyed perfect external conditions on Sunday. Accordingly, the best 30 athletes in the world who took part made few mistakes. In addition to the perfect shooting result, Arnd Peiffer also delivered a strong performance on the cross-country ski trail. He relegated Martin Ponsiluoma and Tarjei Bø to their places. As is usual with a mass start, the field came together to the first prone stop. Johannes Thingnes Bø & Co. hardly made any mistakes there - the gaps remained marginal. Only when the biathletes entered the shooting range for the second time did the field stretch a little. Among other things, Lukas Hofer had to enter the penalty loop after leaving a target. With a strong running performance, the Montaler made up a few seconds, which he lost again at the shooting range due to another mistake. In total, the South Tyrolean missed the target three times - too many to be in the top field. He finished 14th. Peiffer is smarter Meanwhile, at the front there was a now familiar picture: Sturla Holm Lægreid shot without mistakes, also set a high pace on the cross-country ski trail - and led until the last shooting. But then he made a mistake that prevented him from achieving a top result. Martin Ponsiluoma from Sweden and Arnd Peiffer benefited. They fought a thrilling duel on the final lap, which the 33-year-old German ultimately won. With a clever maneuver on the descent, the veteran pushed past the 25-year-old and won his eleventh World Cup race. The result:

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Experience beats youth: Peiffer wins the mass start

Arnd Peiffer won the final mass start in Hochfilzen on Sunday after a thrilling duel in the final sprint.

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