Next German respectable success in the second biathlon league: Simon Kaiser ran to the podium in the IBU Cup in the mass start on Saturday. Team colleague Lucas Fratzscher, on the other hand, missed the podium in Ridnaun.
Simon Kaiser surprisingly took second place in Ridnaun’s biathlon mass start. After two mistakes at the shooting range, the 25-year-old came to the goal of 4.8 seconds to the victorious Norwegian Johannes Dale-Skjevdal (3 errors).
The Norwegian ski hunter Isak Frey (+11.3 seconds/ 3 errors) prevailed in the target sprint in front of Kaiser’s teammate Lucas Fratzscher (+11.8 seconds/ 2 errors) and completed the podium.
Biathlon: Zobel becomes eighth in the mass start
With David Zobel (+41.6 seconds/ 3 errors), a third German athlete made it as a eighth in the mass start to the top 10. , Sverre dahlen Aspenes (+22.3 seconds/ 3 errors) and Sivert Guttorm Bakken (+26.4 seconds/ 3 errors) three more Norwegians. The Scandinavians were able to rely on their good mileage again in the mass start.
Franz Schaser (+2: 17.8/ 5 errors) landed in the 21st place. Routine Roman Rees (+2: 38.6/ 5 errors) caught a used day as 27. Hans Köllner (+3: 13.0/ 5 errors) took 35th place.
Biathlon: Dale-Skjevdal celebrates double pack
In the end, Dale-Skjevdal was particularly able to cheer. The Norwegian had already won the persecution on Friday afternoon. The best German was Zobel here, who had fallen back to sixth place after his victory in the sprint.
For the German gentlemen, the IBU Cup station in Ridnaun can be seen as a success through the two podium places.
The French woman Voldiya Galmace Paulin has dominated in the past few days.