The German biathletes clearly missed the top spots at the start of the spectatorless home World Cup in Ruhpolding.
Medal hope Denise Herrmann did not get past a disappointing 24th place on Wednesday in the sprint over 7.5 km after two shooting errors. Franziska Hildebrand recommended herself as the best German in 17th place for an Olympic starting place.
“It just doesn’t work standing up at the moment. I keep fighting, you can’t force it,” Herrmann said on ZDF: “The day will come when it works. It’s not much missing that I get it across to the competition. “
The flawless Swede Elvira Öberg took her third World Cup victory this winter in 19: 45.2 minutes, clearly ahead of the overall World Cup leader Marte Olsbu Röiseland from Norway (0 / + 21.6) and the Italian Dorothea Wierer (0 / + 29 , 7).
Hildebrand (1 / + 1: 17.9) has the best starting position for the pursuer on Sunday (12.45 p.m. / ZDF and Eurosport) from a German point of view, Herrmann is 1: 26.7 minutes behind. Front woman Franziska Preuß continues to recover from a foot injury and a corona infection and is suspended in Ruhpolding.
Vanessa Voigt (1 / + 1: 36.7) ended up in 29th place, Vanessa Hinz (3 / + 2: 21.0) qualified as 60th just for the hunt race of the best 60. Unlike Marion Wiesensarter (1 / + 2: 24.9) in 63rd place and World Cup debutant Hanna Kebinger (0 / + 2: 31.9) in 66th place.
The men’s sprint (2:30 p.m. / ZDF and Eurosport) is on the program in Ruhpolding on Thursday. Germany’s only winner of the season Johannes Kühn is out for a short time after a positive corona test, Philipp Horn moves up for the overall World Cup tenth.
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