Biathlon World Championships: Live ticker – 20km individual

17:22

Eder on the way

Simon Eder, the Italian Lukas Hofer and Sebastian Samuelsson are now making their way one after the other. As usual, the big names get to work early on.

5:20 p.m

begin

At this moment, Olympic champion Quentin Fillon Maillet opens this individual competition. A total of 101 athletes want to take on the challenge. With starting intervals of 30 seconds, it will take a good 50 minutes until all the ski hunters are sent on their journey.

5:10 p.m

Favorites

Of course others are preferred. It will be difficult to get past the Norwegians and they can send six people into the competition. Defending champion Johannes Thingnes Bø (start number (9)) has a personal right to start. The strong World Cup results ensure another starting place. And so the top 6 of the overall World Cup are all at the start here and each of them has what it takes to win at least a medal It’s difficult to name an athlete of another nationality who can interfere. In recent years we would have thought of Swedish and French names. In the sprint and pursuit, Sebastian Samuelsson, who was strong at the start of the season, showed his form is improving again. However, the French are currently missing the stability to be able to reliably pick one of the men – even if Éric Perrot and Quentin Fillon Maillet contributed to the gold medal in the mixed relay.

5:00 p.m

Stalder and Hartweg as Swiss hopefuls

The Swiss are better positioned, a top 10 result is definitely possible, even if that didn’t work out in the sprint and pursuit at this World Championships – including for Niklas Hartweg (start number 8). The best Swiss this winter is Sebastian Stalder (14). Thanks to his four single-digit placements, the 26-year-old is ranked fourteenth in the overall World Cup. Joscha Burkhalter (38) and Jeremy Finello (79) are unlikely to rise above marginal status.

16:51

Bad prospects for Austria

The Austrians have not been very competitive so far this winter; there have been no single-digit placements. Simon Eder (start number 4) is still the best placed in the overall World Cup in 30th place and may be able to make a difference based on his experience. Furthermore, it would be okay if Felix Leitner (34), David Komatz (71) or Magnus Oberhauser (91) made it into the top 20.

16:42

German quartet

Roman Rees (start number 10) will be used for the first time at this World Championship. The 30-year-old from the Black Forest won the individual race in Östersund at the start of the season at the end of November and celebrated his first World Cup victory. Shortly afterwards, Benedikt Doll (12), a two-time season winner (sprints) and the best-placed German in the overall World Cup (8th), starts the race. Johannes Kühn (22) recently came third on the podium in the shortened individual in Antholz. Fourth in the group is Philipp Horn (48).

16:32

singles

In difficult snow conditions in Nové Město na Moravě, the long edge is of course a very special challenge. The actual shooting-heavy form of competition could also be something for the very strong running athletes. There are five four-kilometer laps to be completed, between which the shooting is lying down, standing, lying down, standing. Accuracy is necessary because every missed shot results in a minute being added on the spot.

Welcome!

Hello and welcome to the men’s individual World Cup decision! The live ticker begins in good time before the start of the competition.