South Tyroleans experience a pitch-black World Cup day

As expected, Johannes Thingnes Bø is the benchmark at the Biathlon World Championships in Sweden. On Gold in the mixed relay The undisputed overall World Cup leader from Norway followed up with gold in the individual sprint. This means Bø is fully on target after two World Cup starts.

“I worked a lot to be this good” Johannes Thingnes Bø On the short distance, the 25-year-old never really gave rise to any real doubts about his victory. Although he had to complete a penalty loop after the second shooting, he made up for the loss of time with an outstanding performance on the cross-country ski trail and sprinted to the world championship title with a lead of 13,7 seconds. “It's not easy to withstand this pressure. But I worked a lot to be this good. I'm incredibly happy that the calculation is working out. Now I want to continue reaping the rewards,” explained Bø in the winner’s interview. Johannes Thingnes Bø missed once, but still won comfortably. © AP/Jessica Gow

Behind the confident winner, the flawless Alexandr Loginov from Russia took the silver medal. Quentin Fillon Maillet completed the podium. His French teammate and co-favorite Martin Fourcade had to settle for sixth place. Only Windisch in the top 30 For the local biathletes, the first individual race in the ongoing title fights in the far north did not go as planned.

Dominik Windisch missed the first shot and had to go into the penalty loop after the prone shot. In the second shooting, two extra loops were added, which meant that the Olympic bronze medalist ultimately did not get past 27th place in the sprint. After all, Windisch was still the Italian team's best starter.

Nothing at all came together for Lukas Hofer. He missed three targets in the first shooting and had to go into the penalty loop twice after standing. In the end, he crossed the finish line in 52nd time, depriving himself of the chance to achieve a top position in the pursuit. Two pursuit races on Sunday In addition to Windisch and Hofer, their teammate Thomas Bormolini (43rd) also starts the hunt race, which will take place on Sunday at 16.30:75 p.m., with a large time gap. Giuseppe Montello (XNUMXth) was denied qualification.

Before the men complete their second World Championship race, it will be the women's turn on Sunday. They start their pursuit race at 13.45:XNUMX p.m. I want to Dorothea Wierer after tenth place in the sprint really attack again. Result of the men's World Cup sprint: Pos Name Country Time Penalty laps 1. Johannes Thingnes Bø NOR 24: 37,6 Min. 1 2. Aleksandr Loginov RUS +13,7 sec. 0 3. Quentin Fillon Maillet FRA +16,5 0 4. Dmitry Pidruchny UKR +16,8 0 5. Simon Desthieux FRA +24,8 0 6. Martin Fourcade FRA +32,5 0 ... 27. Dominik Windisch ITA/turf + 1: 39,8 3 43. Thomas Bormolini ITA + 2: 08,0 1 52. Lukas hofer ITA/Montal + 2: 21,4 5 75. Giuseppe Montello ITA + 3: 15,9 3

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South Tyroleans experience a pitch-black World Cup day

Dominik Windisch and Lukas Hofer made a World Cup sprint in Östersund that was marked by numerous missed shots. A Scandinavian series winner took gold.

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