Wierer and Hofer triumph at Schalke

The mass start did not initially go as planned: in the first two attempts, both lying and standing, Wierer and Hofer were unable to shoot cleanly. While the woman from Niederrasner had to go into the penalty loop twice, Hofer made three mistakes. After four laps, the gap between the two was around half a minute.

Furious comeback On the short lap, you could only make up a few seconds, so it was all the more important that the South Tyrol relay team didn't make too many mistakes in the attacks that followed. Although Wierer missed the target again, she reduced the gap to five seconds as the other nations also did not perform flawlessly on the shooting range. In the sold-out Veltins Arena, Lukas Hofer, who made another mistake, started the final lap in third place, 13 seconds behind leader Björndalen. There the Montaler turned up the heat and finally won the mass start together with Dorothea Wierer. Ole Einar Björndalen, who competed in the last race of his career on Saturday evening, finished third together with his wife Daria Domracheva. Lukas Hofer makes it exciting With a razor-thin lead over Anais Bescond (FRA) and Daria Domracheva (BLR), Dorothea Wierer was the first to take to the track in the pursuit. However, the overall World Cup leader made a mistake at the shooting range, so Lukas Hofer took eight seconds behind on the course. But he made up for it thanks to flawless shooting. Wierer then took the lead again with two quick and flawless performances. The two Puster players didn't give it back until the end, although Lukas Hofer made three mistakes at the last stop. For Wierer/Hofer it was the first win at Schalke.

The result: Pos Name Country Time 1. Wierer/Hofer ITA/Niederrasen/Montal 2. Preuss/Schempp GER +1,2 seconds 3. Björndalen/Domracheva NOR/BLR +24,2 4. Herrmann/Doll GER +24,3 5. Hauser/Landertinger TUE +1:04,1 minutes

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Wierer and Hofer triumph at Schalke

Dorothea Wierer and Lukas Hofer took victory for the first time in the traditional relay race at Schalke. Second place went to Preuss/Schempp (GER) ahead of Domracheva/Björndalen (BLR/NOR).

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