After the bronze success in the mixed season, the next competition is pending for the women on Friday: in addition to the medalists Franziska Preuss and Selina Grotian, in the sprint over 7.5 km (from 3:05 p.m. in tickers with videos at Sportschau.de) Sophia Schneider and Julia Tannheimer asked.
Vanessa Voigt, who already show podium positions in the current season, was not here, but could no longer recover in time after a illness in the Christmas season.
Prussia has to crack Lou JeanMonnot
Everything has to go together for the DSV athletes to arrive against Lou JeanMonnot. The French dominator was able to win four of the five past World Cup races. Her compatriot Justine Braisaz-Bouchet should also have a weighty word about victory.
At the past World Championships in Nove Mesto, they have impressively demonstrated that French women can always be expected at major events. Julia Simon got gold, silver and bronze went to Braisaz-Bouchet and JeanMonnot. Preuss was sixth at the time.
Last single medal for Preuss was ten years ago
Can the Bavarian make the leap on the podium this time and crown her successful current season?
Of the eight World Cup medals that Prussia won in their career, only one of a single race comes. In 2015 she won silver in the mass start at the World Cup in Kontiolahti. Ten years later, it is in the best form to end the waiting for another individual medal.
Tears of joy after mixed relay medal
Preuss starts with confidence and strongly formal – the expectations of themselves are accordingly great: “If you have been on the podium for almost every race for the past few weeks, it would be a disappointment if you can’t do it for the World Cup. It is the goal to take a single medal home“, she said.
After the bronze success on Tuesday with the Mixed relay, Preuss has tears of joy: tears of joy: “After the race, I really felt how the pressure from me fell off”said the 30-year-old. And sports director Felix Bitterling also emphasized the importance of the mixed relay medal in Lenzerheide: “Everything that is still coming is certainly easier than winning the first medal”said Bitterling.