biathlon
DSV quartet in third place in Doll’s last relay race
Benedikt Doll reached the podium in his last relay race with the DSV quartet. photo
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The German biathletes also achieved a podium finish in the last relay race of the season. Justus Strelow, Johannes Kühn, Benedikt Doll and Philipp Nawrath only had to admit defeat in the US Soldier Hollow to the dominators from Norway, who won comfortably despite Sturla Holm Laegreid’s three penalties, and Italy.
The German biathletes also had the last one Relay race of the season achieved a podium finish. Justus Strelow, Johannes Kühn, Benedikt Doll and Philipp Nawrath only had to admit defeat in the US Soldier Hollow to the dominators from Norway, who won comfortably despite Sturla Holm Laegreid’s three penalties, and Italy.
This means that the DSV quartet has made it onto the podium in every World Cup race this season. Only at the World Championships in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic, he only managed fourth place.
After two spare rounds, Strelow handed over to Kühn in fifth place, who moved Germany up another position. He had to reload three times. Veteran Doll, who had announced the end of his career after this season at the end of February, finished his career without any shooting errors in a relay race for the first time and Nawrath secured third place, 27.3 seconds behind the Scandinavians and three other spares away. In the final sprint, Lukas Hofer was too strong for the DSV runner.