In the sprint at the biathlon World Cup in Lenzerheide, the German starter caught a raven-black day. After the debacle, the actors found clear words.
“Then you get up from the shooting shooting and know the World Cup has run. Persistence is screwed up, mass start is gone. No idea, it’s just shit straight,” said Philipp Horn after the sprint that Johannes Thingnes Bö won as a record world champion.
The 30-year-old added: “I hate that in biathlon because it is just so much more disappointment than beautiful feelings sometimes.” It was difficult for him to “remember the good. I just have a little bit full,” he said.
Horn shot three mistakes in the best conditions in the best conditions and was about a good placement in the first individual competition of the World Cup in Switzerland. A total of four penalty rounds and 2: 17.2 minutes behind the new record world champion Johannes Thingnes Bö from Norway meant 44th.
The starting position for the persecution on Sunday (12:05 p.m./ZDF and Eurosport) is also bad – and the chance of qualification for the World Cup mass start.
Bitterling does not want to “hit it”
Horn could not deliver an explanation for the disappointing performance. “To be honest, I have no idea what happened there. I really wanted to get on the race,” said the Thuringian and added: “It is really uncomfortable for me if I am here again and think about how I think yesterday I said that I have developed a good feeling and good confidence.
DSV sports director Felix Bitterling was completely served. “It’s just not good enough. I don’t want to hit it, I want to discuss it internally. It doesn’t help now. We have to analyze it to bring ourselves into a decent form for the rest of the World Cup,” he emphasized.
Phillip Nawrath was still the best biathlete of the German Ski Association on an indisputable 18th rank. Justus Strelow was 30th, Danilo Riethmüller landed in 40th place.