Franziska Preuss suffered a small setback in the fight for overall victory at the World Cup in Nove Mesto. The Bavarian became in Sprint 15. Her competitor Lou JeanMonnot also missed the podium, but placed much better than Prussia and caught up in the overall ranking.
The victory went on Friday (07.03.2025) to Ingrid Landmark Teldrevold, who showed itself on the shooting range without errors and also convinced. In the end, the Norwegian won in front of three French women. The second was Justine Braisaz-Bouchet (+15.1 seconds / 1 error) in front of her compatriot Julia Simon (+20.9 seconds / 0 errors). Lou JeanMonnot narrowly missed the podium (+27.1 seconds / 1 error).
Grotian Best Germans
Franziska Preuß was far from the front places as 15 (+54.1 seconds / 1 error). The best German was Selina Grotian in tenth place this time (+47.2 seconds / 1 error). “In order to be at the forefront, you should have shooted zero today“, the 20-year-old, who was nevertheless satisfied with her result. Sophia Schneider (28th), Julia Tannheimer (31st), Marlene Fichtner (56.) and Johanna Puff (58.) completed the overall result from a German perspective.
Preuss throws back errors in the second shooting
Franziska Preuß went third to the 7.5 kilometers. The newly baked world champion in the persecution ran quickly and remained cool even in the first shooting. Preuss hit all five slices and took the lead with a 13.2 second lead. But not only Prussia remained flawless, but also her competitor for the overall World Cup victory, JeanMonnot scored five times and pushed herself before Prussia.
But the second shooting showed the Bavarian nerves. The last shot was not. Preuss had to go to the penalty round like her teammate Grotian, who had also sped the first time. Prussia ended the penalty round with 9.4 seconds behind, Grotian with 6.9 seconds.
Preliminary consolation for Prussia: Even JeanMonnot did not hit. Despite the penalty round, the French rapidly ran so quickly that after the second shooting she took the lead with a 9.4 second lead.
JeanMonnot picks up in the overall ranking
Preuss did a few seconds on the last few meters. Even if it was already clear that it would not be enough for the podium, it was about every placement in the fight for the crystal ball. “Somehow the worm was in today“The athlete from SC Haag summarized her used day.
In the end there was 15th place, through which the struggle for the crystal ball between her and the JeanMonnot continues. “In the rear room it is already rattling“Preuss asked for the pressure afterwards. But she did not want to be disturbed in the competition. With 905 points, Preuss is still 63 points ahead of JeanMonnot (842). Six races can still be walked this winter.