Biathlon World Cup: Preuss again on the Podest-Men’s relay without a chance

After her third place in the sprint of Antholz, Franziska Preuss also made it to the podium in the persecution. The leader of the overall World Cup shot again and took third place with 53.6 seconds behind the two French women Lou JeanMonnot (1 shooting mistake) and Julia Simon (0). Shortly before the finish, she set off from Jeanne Richard, another French woman.

“It was an exciting race, shaped by tactics. But I chose the right plan for myself,” said Preuss, which will expose in the season on Sunday (12.05 p.m./Eurosport and ZDF). “I asked if I could drive home a day because I realized that I am through – also physically. And the application was approved.” Selina Grotian, who started second, fell back a bit. After two penalty rounds, she still asserted herself as the sixth in the top group. Sophia Schneider had significantly more problems. It fell back to 48th place from the 28th and had to turn five extra rounds.

Zobel has to go to the penalty round

The men’s relay had to be satisfied with seventh place in the afternoon without Philipp Nawrath, who had failed at short notice due to health problems. Justus Strelow, Philipp Horn, Johannes Kühn and David Zobel made too many misconceptions, the final runner Zobel even had to go to the penalty. There were also ten relegates.

As a result, the quartet was falling behind in the sovereign success of the French (4 followers), who won Jacquelin despite a fall of Émilia. After 4 x 7.5 kilometers, the gap of the German ski hunters was 3: 12.5 minutes. For Strelow and Co., persecution is still on the program on Sunday (2.45 p.m.).