The Olympic Games did not end successfully for the German biathlon men. Also in the last competition in Zhangjiakou there is no medal. Two DSV stars are initially well in the race.
For the first time since 2010, the German biathletes end the Olympic Winter Games without a medal. In the final mass start over 15 km, Benedikt Doll made six penalties in extremely difficult wind conditions and was the best German in eighth. The gap to Norway’s Johannes Thingnes Bö (four penalties), who won his fourth gold medal in the sixth race, was 2:31.4 minutes. Silver went to Sweden’s Martin Ponsiluoma (two) ahead of Vetle Sjastad Christiansen (Norway/three).
Medal goal not reached
Before the trip to Beijing, those responsible for the German Ski Association (DSV) had wished for two medals per gender. The women met this requirement with individual gold from Denise Herrmann and bronze through the relay. The men don’t.
Bö, meanwhile, is following in the footsteps of his famous compatriot Ole Einar Björndalen, who won four gold medals in Salt Lake City in 2002 in just four competitions at the time. The 28-year-old Bö only got nothing in the pursuit in Beijing, he won bronze in the individual.
The women had also remained without a medal in the mass start on Friday, Franziska Preuss was eighth as the best German. On Sunday, the biathlon team’s trip home to Germany is on the agenda.
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