Biathlon World Cup: Important victory for the overall World Cup: Prussia withstands pressure

Franziska Preuß has come a little closer to the greatest success of her career. The best German biathlete started in the last World Cup station with a sprint victory. Around the tiny of 0.2 seconds, the 31-year-old in Oslo referred her worst rival Lou JeanMonnot from France to second after 7.5 kilometers, so that the large crystal ball will probably only be awarded on Sunday at the season finale.

In the overall ranking, Preuss is 35 points ahead of Lou JeanMonnot before the persecution on Saturday and the mass start. With her third win of the season, the default -free Prussia already secured the small crystal ball of the discipline rating. JeanMonnot had also cleared all ten slices. Third was the Finnin Suvi Minkkinen (0/+21.9 seconds).

Prussia and JeanMonnot also fought a duel at an absolute top level at the beginning of the last World Cup station. Preuss had started in front of the French and kept her nerves, confidently cleared her down all the slices and then plunged to the finish with the last strength. Then it was time to wait. And almost the runner would have a little stronger Jean Monnot, who was called to the gap to Prussia on the track, the spit. But in the end, two tenths of Preuss decided in favor of Preuss, who already won her twelfth podium of the season.

Bö shortens gap to Laegreid

Johannes Thingnes Bö had already started the last World Cup weekend in his career with a win. The star of the scene, which had recently been missing, won the sprint over ten kilometers and thanks to its 91st career success, reduced the gap to his Norwegian teammate Sturla Holm Laegreid overall.

The German men did not play a significant role in the fight for the front positions. As the best DSV ski hunter, the impeccable faecelless Justus Strelow ended up in eighth place with a gap of 1: 14.4 minutes.