Eder shines in biathlon - Norwegians secure triple victory!

In the first individual race of the 2024/25 biathlon season in Kontiolahti, Finland, the Norwegian biathletes impressively demonstrated their dominance. Endre Strömsheim secured the victory in the 15 km short singles with an error-free performance and thus celebrated his second career one victory. His team -mate and four -time Olympic champion, Johannes Thingnes Bö, came to second with just three seconds, despite a shooting error. Sturla Holm Laegreid completed the Norwegian triple victory with a deficit of 24 seconds, such as Olympics.com .

While the Norwegians shone, the Austrians remained. Routine Simon Eder was by far the best ÖSV athlete and after 15 km took 13th place with a gap of 1: 54.9 minutes. The 41-year-old Salzburger showed a strong shooting performance and hit all 20 destinations, but in the end he lacked 5.5 seconds for the top ten. Felix Leitner, the second best Austrian, landed in 40th place, followed by David Komatz in 45th and Fredrik Mühlbacher and Patrick Jakob in places 62 and 83. href = "https://www.laola1.at/de/wintersport/biathlon/news/dreIchsieg-norwegen--oesv-maenner-inzel-hinterher/"> laola1.at reported .

The Norwegians in overcome

The Norwegian athletes thus start the season perfectly and seamlessly build on the success of the last season, in which they won all World Cup titles and all discipline ratings in the overall World Cup. This opening performance can already expect the prospect of another successful biathlon series, while the Germans, with Philipp Nawrath in 22nd place, were able to achieve no significant success. The pressure on the national teams increases, because the strength of the Norwegians can hardly be overlooked.