Fabian Kaskel ran into the top ten at the Junior Biathlon World Cup as the best DSV ski hunter. Norway celebrated a double success.
At the biathlon junior World Cup there was no single medal for the German young ski hunters on Thursday (27.02.25). The best DSV starter was Fabian Kaskel in seventh place. The 21-year-old from SC Todtnau last won over the 10 kilometers of gold in the sprint at the 2025 junior European Championship. At the World Cup, he also confidently presented himself in the Swedish Austrian and in the individual race over the 15 kilometers.
At the shooting range, he cleared 19 slices. However, after the only missed shot, he could no longer intervene in the fight for precious metal. “I am satisfied at the shooting range“, said Kaskel, who has a strong result overall. In the trail, however, the 21-year-old still saw potential:”It was relatively tough in the back. “
In the end, he lacked 2: 23.4 minutes of the best time (36.54.5 min.) By winner Sivert Gerhardsen. The Norwegian referred his teammate Emilie Ågheim Kalkenberg (+1,22.6min), who had a shooting error, on the silver rank. Like Gerhardsen, bronze winner James Pacal (SUI) remained flawless.
Kesper and pound in the top 20
Linus Kesper had to be satisfied with 15th place after three shooting errors. However, the 21-year-old from SC Willingen had pushed himself in front of his team-mate Leonhard Pfund. He had at the Junior World Cup In 2024 in Otepää already won gold in the singles. In Östersund it was not quite as round for the 21-year-old from SC Bad Tölz, who delivered the third fastest term, but missed four slices and thus fell back to 18th place. “It went really well. The goal was to run constant lap times“said Pfund. In the last shooting he was” “was not sufficiently focused“And thrown away a better placement.
Elias Seidl, left -wing shooter from Ruhpolding, was partly lacking in concentration. So it is “a fairly average race“, the 20-year-old was 23rd place. His result. Teammate Karl Schütze lined up after five mistakes.