Biathlon crisis in men! German women shine in Oberhof!

The biathlon season 2024/25 continues in Oberhof on January 11, 2025. While the German ladies come up with strong performances, the men continue to fight with a significant drop in performance. The competitions are part of the International World Cup tournament, which will be carried out at various venues for several months, including Oberhof, Antholz, Oslo, Contiolahti, Hochfilzen and Le Grand Bornand, such as the Allgäuer Zeitung reported.

The German athletes showed weak performance in the men's persecution race: 25 mistakes in the shooting exercises were counted for six participants. Philipp Nawrath, who came up with the second fastest term, completed the race with four penalty rounds in 16th place. Justus Strelow only shot a mistake, but took 17th place due to his slower term. The other German starters were also unable to convince: Danilo Riethmüller came in 25th place with four penalty rounds with three penalty rounds, Simon Kaiser with seven penalty rounds in 35th place and Philipp Horn with six penalty rounds.

dominance of the Norwegians and success of the German women

The men's race was dominated by the Norwegians. Sturla Holm Laegreid won the race, followed by Tarjei Boe and Johannes Thingnes Boe. In the women's race over 10 kilometers, Selina Grotian secured 5th place, just a few seconds behind the podium. Julia Tannheimer reached 9th place, while Franziska Preuss finished 20th. Lou JeanMonnot from France won the women's race, while Maren Kirkeeide from Norway and Elvira Öberg from Sweden took second and three.

In the overall ranking of the World Cup, Franziska Preuss remains at the top, but loses something in the persecution World Cup to Lou Jean Monnot. The mixed relays are on the program next Sunday, as part of the official World Cup Termalender 2024/25, such as the ovb online reported.