Simon Eder finished 18th on Saturday after 10 kilometers as the best red-white-red athlete with one standing penalty. He was 1:26.5 minutes behind the Norwegian winner Johannes Thingnes Bö (24:00.4 minutes). , the starting point for the pursuit (Sunday) is at least not hopeless.
Silver went to the Frenchman Quentin Fillon-Maillet (+25.5), leader in the World Cup, bronze to Tarjei Bö (+38.9), the winner’s brother. Like Eder, the Stockerl trio each missed a shot. Far behind was Felix Leitner, the second best Austrian, 46th (+2:33.4/2 missed shots). The first 60 are qualified for the pursuit race, the distances from the sprint are included. David Komatz (69./+3:02.1/2) and Patrick Jakob (72./+3:10.5/1) are not there.
For the hoped-for gap of one minute, it wasn’t quite enough for Eder. The 38-year-old had to attribute this not least to a failed attempt at the second shooting. “Unfortunately, I couldn’t get into the rhythm in standing,” summed up the man from Salzburg. “The goal was towards the top fifteen and a gap of about a minute. Unfortunately, I missed that with the mistake, let’s see if we can catch up.”
Source: Nachrichten
