Lukas Hofer misses the podium place he longed for

Lukas Hofer has already been on the World Cup podium seven times in his career in an individual race, but his last top-three placement was 3 days ago. On March 663, 22, he was on the podium at the Oslo sprint. This Wednesday, the 2019-year-old was on the verge of breaking this spell, but in the end he slipped to sixth place in the sprint in Oberhof.

What happened? Hofer presented himself in outstanding form at the start of the second World Cup stage in a row in the East German winter sports resort. He recorded the second-best running time of the entire field and was clearly on course for the podium after a flawless standing stage. He held this until the second stop - then he himself caused the bitter turnaround. Hofer missed the target twice and subsequently lost a lot of time in the 150 meter long penalty loop. In the end he finished sixth.

With just one shooting error, the Pusterer could have fought for the top places. But the podium was out of reach. Hofer really deserved this after finishing fourth and fifth last week in Oberhof and a constant increase in performance over the last few weeks. Bø celebrates 50th World Cup victory In the end, the biathletes from Norway and Germany celebrated from the podium. Johannes Thingnes Bø clearly left his mark on the 10 km sprint and celebrated his 50th World Cup victory.

Johannes Thingnes Bø arriving at the finish line in the Oberhof Sprint. © APA/afp / TOBIAS SCHWARZ

The World Cup leader crossed the finish line flawlessly in 24:43,6 minutes, 12,4 seconds ahead of his compatriot Sturla Holm Lægreid. The German veteran Arnd Peiffer came third (+27,9). All three put all their shots on target.

Dominik Windisch, the second South Tyrolean, also made it into the points on Wednesday. Like Hofer, he had to go into the penalty loop twice and ended up in 22nd place. The other Azzurri were ranked outside the top 30.

The World Cup in Oberhof continues on Thursday with the women's sprint. SportNews will provide you with the latest events via live ticker from 14.30:XNUMX p.m. The sprint result in detail:

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Lukas Hofer misses the podium place he longed for

Lukas Hofer made it into the top ten for the third time in a week in Oberhof on Thursday, but the in-form Montaler shouldn't be satisfied.

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