Great target drama in Dresden: At the city event, the biathlon stars in both races deliver a close fight to the finish line. Only at the last appearance of the legends there are clear conditions. Johannes Thingnes Bø does not burn anything here.
The city biathlon in Dresden produced two highly dramatic races on Sunday, both of which were only decided on the very last centimeters.
In the end of the women, the Belgian Lotte celebrated. After two shooting errors, she demonstrated the longer breath in the target sprint and prevailed with a time of 31: 56.2 minutes against the Norwegian Karoline Knotten (three errors). In the end, the distance between the two World Cup runners was so scarce that they were evaluated at the same time. Third place went to Bulgarin Milena Todorova (three errors/+1.1 seconds).
Voigt misses Podest – Lampic shoots in the last place
The unfortunate fourth became local hero Vanessa Voigt. The German showed the best performance of all starters at the shooting range and was the only one to be flawless, but on the last round she went out of breath. Voigt had to let Lie, Knotten and Todorova go and came across the line five seconds after the winner.
Anamarija Lampic ran a lonely race. The strongest runner of the World Cup made eight shooting errors and was tapped with a gap of 1:25 minutes.
Two French argues for victory
The men also ran similarly dramatic as the race of women. Here the Frenchman Quentin Fillon-Millet (three mistakes) looked like the safe winner a few meters before the finish. But from behind his team -mate Eric Perrot (three) came at a glossy and grabbed the victory on the home stretch.
Third place secured the Slovenian old master Jakov Fak (four/+32.8 seconds), who finished three seconds before Justus Strelow (six).
Johannes Thingnes Bø wins races of the biathlon legends
The fans in Dresden finally gave great pleasure in Dresden, in which the two Norwegians Johannes Thingnes and Tarjei Bø and Benedikt Doll took part. Although all three are already in the biathlon retirement, they delivered a big show to the spectators.
The best showmaster of the day was of course Johannes Thingnes Bø. Although he had no rifle in his hand for months, he remained flawless and, as is so often the case, secured victory in his career in a dominant manner.