Until the fourth shooting, Franziska Preuß was once again promising in the 2025 biathlon World Cup 2025. With another error-free attack, the DSV Ask would have fought gold again. But the dreams burst with two mistakes. Afterwards she explained her bitter mistakes, which was apparently also due to a misunderstanding.
In the fourth race at the biathlon World Cup, Franziska Preuss stayed without a medal for the first time. In singles over 15 km, the German figurehead was on the podium course for a long time, the next precious metal was almost able to grab. Two mistakes in the fourth and last shooting all the rooms burst.
“It was a shame today. I was somehow unfocused on the last shooting,” the 30-year-old, who ended the race in tenth place, struggled on the “ZDF” microphone and said: “I tried to change the switch. I feel like it Just not succeeded, I was just restless.
Biathlon World Cup 2025: Franziska Preuss was a little “strayed from the plan”
If Prussia had cleared everything, as with the three attacks before,, her gold would probably not have been taken. But the world champion of the persecution showed nerves: “I was easy, maybe too loose,” said the biathlete, who was “a little” strayed from her own plan “.
A misunderstanding with her supervisors got a little out of the concept, said Preuss. In the course of the race, she had put information that she would rather not have received. “I just prefer that I don’t even know where I am in the race. But it is not a broken leg, you have to check it off,” she said.
The Frenchwoman Julia Simon secured gold with a mistake, silver went to Ella Halversson from Sweden (0). Bronze won Simon’s compatriot Lou JeanMonnot (1). Johanna Puff provided a real exclamation mark from a DSV perspective. At her first World Cup start, the 22-year-old remained flawless. In the trail, however, she lost too much time compared to the competition, so that she and at the end took 22nd place.