The German biathlon professional Roman Rees has again clearly missed the top 10 at the European Championship in Martell. The long-time World Cup starter and relay vice world champion from 2019 continues to run for miles.
Again nothing to get for Roman Rees: In the men’s sprint over 10 km at the biathlon European Championship in Italy, the 31-year-old landed in 26th place.
Rees finished 1:05 minutes behind the winner Sivert Guttorm Bakken. The Norwegian had become eighth in the singles over the 20 kilometers at the start on Wednesday, now he celebrated in front of his compatriot Vetle Sjastad Christiansen and the Austrian Frederik Mühlbacher.
The trio showed no nerves at the shooting range, in both rounds all balls flew to the finish. The fastest shooting time was able to show World Cup star Christiansen, but his compatriot Bakken was superior. The 26-year-old’s lead was 6.6 seconds on Christiansen, who had flown from the World Cup team in view of the immense competition in the Norwegian camp.
German duo with the same time in the top 10
Roman Rees, on the other hand, made two shooting errors – already on Wednesday when he became 29, he showed annoying annoys with four misconceptions.
Once again, Lucas Fratzscher achieved the best result from a German perspective. As in singles, he took ninth place in the sprint, the 30-year-old undercut a shooting error. The overall winner of the IBU Cup from 2019/20 shares its ninth place with DSV colleague David Zobel, who also shot next to it.
Franz Schaser finished without mistakes, but 32.8 seconds behind to the top, so that he took 14th place. As 33. Simon Kaiser (4 errors, +1: 18 minutes) sorted in, Fabian Kaskel (2 errors, +3: 27 minutes) drove to 90th place.
It continues with the chasing on Saturday (1:45 p.m.). Finally, the relay race follows on Sunday (1:45 p.m.).