Just two days after the last race in the Biathlon World Cup, the German ski hunter and sports soldier Justus Strelow competed in international military competitions in Lucerne. The DSV biathlete was far from a successful end of the season.
For Justus Strelow, the detour to the winter military world games in Switzerland did not pay off from a sporting point of view. In the sprint over 3 x 3.3 kilometers on Tuesday afternoon, the fastest shooter in the German World Cup team at the shooting range experienced a real debacle.
If the 28-year-old remained error-free in the long stop, he put the shooting completely in the sand while standing. In the end, five mistakes were made, only three biathletes were worse overall. Strelow finally finished after a little more than 30 minutes than 46, almost four and a half minutes behind the winner Eric Perrot from France.
Perrot came out in his race with a false shot, in the end he had a minute ahead of local hero Joscha Burkhalter from Switzerland and Jakub Kulbin from Estonia, which completed the podium. The World Cup athletes Patrick Braunhofer from Italy and Fabien Claude from France landed four and five, the best German was IBU Cup starter Lucas Fratzscher.
Victory means perrot “a lot”
In addition to Strelow and Fratzscher, Youngster Fabian Kaskel also took part in the sprint, the 22-year-old junior world champion with the mixed season was 27.
The Frenchman Eric Perrot emphasized after the race that the victory “means a lot”. He also wants to demonstrate that “the military in France is important”. Little had won his compatriot Lou JeanMonnot for women.
The military games take place for the fifth time and are under the motto “Military Champions for Peace” this year. In Lucerne, in addition to biathlon competitions, which are also held in cross-country skiing, para cross-country skiing, sports climbing or Parachute-Ski. There is still a race in the mixed relay on Thursday.