World Cup in Finland: Biathlete Rees fifth in the pursuit – Voigt eighth

World Cup in Finland
Biathlete Rees fifth in the pursuit – Voigt eighth

Roman Rees finished fifth in the pursuit race. photo

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Biathlete Roman Rees finished fifth in the pursuit at the end of the World Cup in Kontiolahti, Finland.

Biathlete Roman Rees finished fifth in the pursuit at the end of the World Cup in Kontiolahti, Finland.

In the final standing stage, Rees, who was third in the sprint, still had a chance for the podium. But he missed the last of his 20 shots, and had two penalties in total. It wasn’t enough for the German men’s fourth place on the podium in the fourth race, despite having the best start to the season in seven years.

Johannes Thingnes Bö secured his second win of the season and his 54th World Cup win overall. After 12.5 kilometers the Norwegian had three penalties and was 19.2 seconds ahead of his teammate Sturla Holm Laegreid (2 penalties), whom he had already relegated to second place in the sprint. Third place went to Frenchman Emilien Jacquelin (2/+47.3 seconds).

David Zobel was eighth, Benedikt Doll twelfth and Justus Strelow 13th. Philipp Nawrath finished 22nd, Johannes Kühn had to settle for 29th place after seven penalties.

The protégés of national coach Mark Kirchner ended the season opener with three podium places, which they had last achieved at the beginning of the 2015/2016 season: Zobel was third in the individual, the relay second and Rees third in the sprint.

Vanessa Voigt eighth in the pursuit

The German biathletes missed a podium place in the last race in Kontiolahti. In the victory of the Frenchwoman Julia Simon, who shot flawlessly, Vanessa Voigt delivered a good placement in eighth.

The 25-year-old missed just once and was 1:04.6 minutes behind the leader after ten kilometers. Second place went to Dorothea Wierer from Italy (+ 11.9 seconds), who also had no penalty. Third was Sweden’s Elvira Öberg (1 error / + 21.7 seconds).

Denise Herrmann-Wick was 16th after four penalties, directly followed by Anna Weidel (3 penalties). Sophia Schneider (5) finished 23rd.

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