Lukas Hofer misses a medal

Until the second shooting, Hofer ran the second best time, but then he missed once at the standing target and was given a penalty minute. Another one followed a little later in the next prone stage, so the 29-year-old catapulted himself out of the medal track. It's a shame, because after the disappointing performances in the sprint and pursuit, he showed himself to be much improved on the cross-country ski trail and put many supposed medal contenders in the shade. Hofer crossed the finish line with the fifth best time, 1:53,2 minutes behind. Just one less shooting error and his second World Championship medal after mass start bronze in 2011 would have been perfect.

Peiffer expands Germany's yield In the end, Arnd Peiffer, the Bulgarian surprise man Vladimir Iliev and Tarjei Bø stood on the podium. Peiffer, who along with Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen was the only one to make no shooting errors, won by more than a minute ahead of the entire competition and took Germany's fifth podium finish in the current title fights.

However, Norway is still in the lead in the medal table. This is the achievement of Tarjei Bø, the older brother of World Cup dominator Johannes Thingnes Bø. Although he couldn't hold a candle to Peiffer and Iliev, he still finished third and pushed local Swedish hero Sebastian Samuelsson off the podium. The new individual world champion Arnd Peiffer arriving at the finish line. © APA/afp / ANDERS WIKLUND

Windisch misses 4 times The second South Tyrolean, the two-time Olympic medalist Dominik Windisch, was also out of luck at the shooting range. He missed the targets four times and finished in 29th place, but was still significantly better than the other two “Azzurri” Thomas Bormolini (43rd) and Thierry Chenal (72nd).

The program at the World Championships in Sweden continues on Thursday with the single mixed relay. The competition starts at 17.10:XNUMX p.m. Result men's World Cup singles: Pos Name Country Time Shooting error 1. Arnd Peiffer GER 52: 42,4 minutes 0 2. Vladimir Iliev BUL + 1: 08,7 1 3. Tarjei Bø NOR + 1: 09,1 1 4. Sebastian Samuelsson SWE + 1: 35,7 1 5. Lukas hofer ITA/Montal + 1: 53,2 2 6. Simon Desthieux FRA + 1: 54,0 3 7. Evgeniy Garanichev RUS + 1: 56,5 1 8. Vetle Sjastad Christiansen NOR + 1: 59,2 0 ... 29. Dominik Windisch ITA/turf + 4: 31,0 4 43. Thomas Bormolini ITA + 6: 28,9 3 72. Thierry Chenal ITA + 9: 52,8 4

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Lukas Hofer misses a medal

At his third World Cup appearance in Östersund, Lukas Hofer finally showed his full class and fought his way into the top field by finishing fifth in the individual. Even more would have been possible for the South Tyrolean.

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