Did she cost the gold?
“Unhappy”: German world champion of supervisors irritated
19.02.2025 – 8:40 a.m.Reading time: 2 min.
Franziska Preuß could have gained a medal in singles after silver in the sprint and gold in the persecution. However, a supervisor caused the opposite.
So far, the Biathlon World Championship in Lenzerheide is the competition of Franziska Preuss. The German overall World Cup leader secured gold in the persecution and silver in the sprint. In the singles on Tuesday, she was on the podium until the last shooting, then two misconceptions made her, which gave her two minutes of penalty. In the end it was the tenth place.
Before shooting, a supervisor called for her that she was lying on a gold course. A fact that brought her out of focus. “I knew where I was lying and actually didn’t want to know. That paid me off a little bit from my plan. 30-year-old.
Despite the unfortunate moment, she didn’t want to overestimate the situation. She “will already discuss what was going on. But something like that happens, it was definitely not a intention”. Therefore, she wanted to “open no barrel”. Then she emphasized with a view to the medals to be awarded: “It doesn’t help to mourn for a long time. There are still a few races and I have to check that off.”
Biathlon sports director Felix Bitterling described the interjection as “unhappy”. It is important to respond individually to the athletes. “One wants a lot of information with ranks and runtime, the other does not want that many – and that includes Franzi. further. Therefore, the course of the race with a view to the end result is “a bit bitter”.
He also said: “The Franzi was fully there until the last shooting. It was clear that it was extremely tight and that you need zero. In the event of a mistake, it would have been a very close fight for third place. But the Franzi is not a machine , every race starts again from zero. “