In contrast to women, German men have not met the expectations of Antholz biathlon sprint. In bright sunshine, not a single athlete remained error -free.
The German biathletes showed a mixed result at the World Cup sprint in Antholz. In the case of dreamy conditions in the stadium of the world series in South Tyrol, which is located at over 1,600 meters, none of the starter of the German Ski Association (DSV) remained flawless.
The best German was Philipp Horn in eleventh place, who missed once and in the standing and in the shooting shooting and had to go into the penalty round accordingly. It won the Norwegian Tarjei Bö, who hit all the windows.
The German Philipp Nawrath (2 penalty rounds/+52.0 seconds), which was placed in the World Cup, saved himself to 15th place. Otherwise, only Johannes Kühn (3/+1: 44.3 minutes) collected a World Cup point as 40.
Justus Strelow (3/+1: 53.9) and David Zobel (2/+1: 59.6) landed beyond the best 40s Simon Kaiser (6/+2: 30.6) after desolater performance at the shooting range not among the top 60.
“I’m a bit speechless. Of course that shouldn’t happen,” ZDF expert Laura Dahlmeier wondered after the race about the 18 errors of the DSV athletes. A hit rate of 90 percent is the goal, says Dahlmeier. This corresponds to nine cleared windows in the sprint – however, of which the Germans were far away on Friday afternoon.
“I am quite satisfied with the placement, but it would have been so much more in it,” the tenth-placed horn struggled at the finish at the ZDF microphone. He was particularly annoyed by an error in the last of the ten shots. “That just can’t happen,” said the 30-year-old.