The French biathletes dominated Ridnaun’s sprint in the second-class IBU Cup. The German ski hunters, on the other hand, landed outside the top positions.
Voldiya Galmace Paulin won in the biathlon sprint over the 7.5 kilometers thanks to an error-free performance at the shooting range in front of her French teammate Paula (+16.3 seconds/ 1 error) and the Norwegian Marthe Kraktstad Johansen (+ 36.4 seconds/ 0 Mistake).
Remarkable: With amandine Mengin (+ 58.3 seconds/ 1 error), Sophie Chauveau (+ 59.7 seconds/ 3 errors) and Gilonne Guigonnat (+ 1: 03.1/ 1 error) follow three other French. In addition, Camille Bened (+ 1: 13.7/ 2 errors) became ninth and thus also ended up within the top ten.
“It’s great to win an IBU Cup competition for the first time in my career! I had a good feeling on the skis. I was a bit nervous at the last standing shooting. It is a great day for France, because we are five under The top 6. Maybe we will celebrate a small party tonight, ”winner Galmace Paulin is quoted from the International Biathlon Association IBU.
German biathletes without an opportunity
The German ski hunters, on the other hand, missed the top positions. Lisa Maria Spark (+ 1: 28.8/ 1 error) was 15th, Anna Weidel (+ 1: 34.1/ 1 error) as 17th and Marlene Fichtner (+ 1: 41.3/ 1 error) as 19 at least 20 biathletes.
Stefanie Scherer (+ 1: 45.0/ 1 error) took the 21st place. Julia Kink (+ 1: 47.5/ 3 errors) landed in the 24th place. Mareike Braun (+ 2: 28.4/ 3 errors) closed on the 41st position.
In contrast, it went better on Wednesday in Ridnaun, Italy for the German biathletes. With his victory in the sprint, David Zobel made a coup. Sivt Bakken from Norway and the American Paul Schommer completed the podium.