Without Franziska Preuss, the German Mixed relay clearly missed the podium at the end of the World Biathlon World Cup at the Pokljuka. In the victory of Sweden (12 followers), the quartet of the German Ski Association (DSV) with Julia Tannheimer, Sophia Schneider, Danilo Riethmüller and Philipp Nawrath took sixth place (+1: 03.6 minutes).
This winter, the German team remained without a World Cup podium in mixed, only at the World Championships in Lenzerheide, the DSV team had won bronze.
Prussia, which had started in this racing format for Germany at the World Cup in Switzerland, was missing on Sunday as in the previous single mixed relay.
The overall world cup was spared for the duel around the yellow jersey against the French woman Lou JeanMonnot, and on Friday there are still three decisions on the legendary spar. Prussia is only 20 points ahead of her competitor.
The start runner Tannheimer made two followers, with a good mileage she nevertheless brought her team into a good starting position. Schneider then went into the trail at fourth place, which was able to prevent a penalty round after numerous mistakes, but lost a lot of time. “The self-confidence at the shooting range is missing,” the 27-year-old struggled on ZDF.
Next relay for DSV
During the second change, the DSV team was now almost a minute and a half behind the tip after Schneider’s difficulties. Afterwards, Riethmüller and Nawrath tried to limit damage, but the gap forward was already too big. The hoped-for podium for the DSV team failed to materialize on Sunday, previously Selina Grotian and Justus Strelow had only finished sixth in single mixed.
In Oslo, the men open the last World Cup weekend in winter with their sprint (1.30 p.m.) on Friday. A few hours later, it will also be for the first time for Prussia over 7.5 km in Norway Ernst (4:15 p.m./everything ARD and Eurosport). At the weekend the respective persecution and mass starts follow.