Philipp Horn actually wanted to compete in Italy on Thursday. But nothing comes of it.
Biathlete Philipp Horn has to miss out on competing at the World Cup in Antholz at short notice. The 29-year-old is showing “typical signs of a respiratory infection,” the German Ski Association announced a few hours before the individual race over 15 kilometers on Thursday (from 2:20 p.m. in the live ticker on t-online).
“In consultation with the athlete, trainer and medical team, we have decided not to do any more competition with Philipp this week,” it continued.
Horn recently finished 11th in the sprint and 15th in the pursuit in front of his home crowd in Ruhpolding. He is in 21st place in the overall World Cup rankings. He has already met the association’s internal standard for the World Championships from February 7th to 18th in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic.