Biathlon stars took a really heavy head out to compete in China.
Dorothea Wierer will not miss any of the Chinese Olympics. PASSI FLAME
Biathlon star went to the Olympic show in China Dorothea Wierer emotions.
– There’s nothing good to say. There is really cold, really windy and really slow snow here in China. Zhangjiakou is not the best place to host the Olympics. I really won’t miss anything here, the Italian announced after Friday’s 12.5-kilometer start.
He was 22nd in the event. There were as many as eight rounds of fines. For example, during vertical shootings, the wind rotated 4 to 7 meters per second.
– It wasn’t impossible to shoot, but I didn’t understand the wind. It was about the same for everyone.
Wierer lost to the winner of France Justine Braisazille as much as 3.23.0. The Frenchman survived with four fines.
– When two pumps arrive at the opening, it is difficult to get up after that.
Wierer won bronze in the five-race sprint. It is the first personal Olympic medal of his career.
Still, a really sour taste left China in the mouth.
– Everyone is happy to get home. I really look forward to it.
Wierer flies over the weekend from Beijing to Milan. The star athlete’s husband comes against his wife in fashion in Mecca. They go first to an Italian restaurant for dinner and then to shop.
– In Milan, I’ll take gin tonic right away, Wierer, who lives in the Antholz area, would murmur.
A parable to Mäkäräinen
The Italian experienced anxiety in his lungs after the co-start race. PASSI FLAME
The big question is whether the career of an athlete who turns 32 in April will continue. He has previously speculated that he would end this season.
– I do not know yet. I’ll finish in the spring.
Italian biathlon influencers have tried to persuade their target to continue until Cortina’s 2026 Home Olympics.
Is there any chance that you will continue all the way to Cortina?
– I don’t know yet, Wierer replied.
You told Iltalehti a couple of years ago that it would be “crazy” if you competed at the same age as Kaisa Mäkäräinen …
– I know. I’m going to be old, so it’s worth quitting.
Mäkäräinen left at the age of 37 in the spring of 2020. You would only be 35 at the time of the Cortina Games …
– But Kaisa was strong almost to the end of her career. I’m already going downhill.
The Italian is sixth in the overall competition for this season in the World Cup. There are two podium places. He won the joint start with his snow in his home communities in Antholz and was third in the Ruhpolding sprint.
FACTS
Biathlon Women’s Beijing 2022:
1. Justine Braisaz FRA 40.18.0 (4)
2. Tiril Eckhoff NOR +15.3 (4)
3. Marte Röiseland NOR +34.9 (4)
4. Marketa Davidova CZE +54.3 (4)
5. Kristina Retsova RUS +1.11.0 (6)
6. Julia Simon FRA +1.22.6 (6)
There were no Finns in the competition.
FACTS
World Cup joint starts 2021-22:
Annecy
1. Elvira Öberg SWE 35.21.7 (2)
2. Julia Simon FRA +10.7 (2)
3. Kristina Retsova RUS +12.1 (2)
4. Dorothea Wierer ITA +13.3 (1)
5. Jessica Jihlova CZE +13.9 (0)
6. Marte Röiseland NOR +19.3 (2)
Antholz
1. Dorothea Wierer ITA 35.38.7 (2)
2. Dzinara Alimbekava BLR +3.7 (1)
3. Anais Chevalier FRA +11.6 (1)
4. Kristina Retsova RUS +22.8 (2)
5. Justine Braisaz FRA +24.8 (4)
6. Tiril Eckhoff NOR +28.0 (2)