Does Germany's biathlon sport have a problem with young talent?

“It's definitely the case that we need a bit of time to develop the juniors into the world's best among the seniors. Other nations do that faster,” the German told the Sports Information Service (SID) as part of the home world cup in Oberhof. According to Eisenbichler, the German Ski Association (DSV) “knows” the problem, which is why changes were initiated a good year ago. With Zibi Szlufcik, a new junior boss was brought in, and Engelbert Sklorz, the shooting coach of the A team, is also present at every junior training course. To this end, the prospective squad has been rejuvenated; in the future, more 20- to 24-year-olds will be used in the second-class IBU Cup in order to introduce them to “international competitiveness” at an early stage. “I think that the steps we have now taken are the right ones,” said Eisenbichler: “Of course they won’t take effect within a year, but I think we are on the way to doing things better.” a few young ones after,” but they “need a little more.” “We have to develop athletes well so as not to lose talent” Biathlon sports director Bernd Eisenbichler The selection is “certainly” not as big as in Norway. “That’s why we have to develop the athletes we have really well, cleanly and systematically so as not to lose talent along the way,” said the top DSV official in the biathlon division. The top German athletes such as Arnd Peiffer, Benedikt Doll and Erik Lesser are all over 30, the youngest in the men's team are Philipp Horn and Lucas Fratzscher, each 26 years old. The situation is not much different for women, while in other nations 23-year-olds are winning in a row.

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Does Germany's biathlon sport have a problem with young talent?

Sports director Bernd Eisenbichler has admitted that there is a need to catch up in the promotion of young talent in German biathlon.

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