biathlon
German women’s relay in Ruhpolding in third place
The German relay team around Franziska Preuß (l) and Hanna Kebinger came third in Ruhpolding. photo
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The German biathletes fought for their second podium place of the winter in the relay at the start of the World Cup home game in Ruhpolding.
The German biathletes met at the start of the World Cup home game in Ruhpolding achieved the second podium place of the winter with the relay.
In third place, Janina Hettich-Walz, Sophia Schneider, Franziska Preuß and Hanna Kebinger only had to admit defeat to winners France and Sweden. The German quartet performed well at the shooting range and only fired a total of three spare rounds. After 4 x 6 kilometers, the gap to the outstanding French women led by final runner Julia Simon was 46.7 seconds at the finish.
On Sunday in Oberhof, after three penalties and 15 spares, Germany only managed fifth place. Only at the start of the season in Östersund, Sweden, the team had managed to make it onto the podium in third place so far this World Cup winter, and in Hochfilzen in December they had only managed fifth place.