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The 2019/20 World Cup in Biathlon will continue on Sunday with the mass starts of women and men in Nove Mesto. Both races are available today in the live ticker at chiemgau24.de.
Nove Mesto – The last races of the Nove Mesto Biathlon World Cup are coming up. In the women’s mass start, Franziska Preuss took her first podium this season. The men’s race is scheduled for 1:45 p.m., chiemgau24.de is part of the live ticker today.
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In the penultimate mass start of the season, Franziska Preuss secured her first podium in an individual race this season. In Nove Mesto, Preuss finished third after 12.5 kilometers and four shooting runs. The victory went to the Norwegian Tiril Eckhoff ahead of the Swedish Hanna Öberg.
Preuss started the race with a mistake in the first prone stage, but then got on better and better with the shooting range in Nove Mesto. She made no mistakes in the following three shooting units and defended her lead on the final round.
Biathlon: Herrmann and Hinz without a chance on the podium
“I was fully focused on standing shooting. I did that well and was the key to my success today,” said a beaming Preuss at the finish.
Denise Herrmann achieved a total of five penalties and came in twelfth behind the finish line. Vanessa Hinz only made three mistakes, but was far behind in terms of running and finished the race as 21.
In the overall World Cup, Eckhoff and Öberg move closer to the further leading Dorothea Wierer from Italy. The next women’s competition in the World Cup is the sprint in Kontiolahti, Finland, which will be held on March 13th.
Biathlon: the result of the mass start of women
- Tiril Eckhoff (Norway) 34: 00.8 / 1 penalty loop
- Hanna Öberg (Sweden) +25.3 / 1
- Franziska Preuß (Germany) +32.4 / 1
- Justine Braisaz (France) +41.3 / 3
- Dorothea Wierer (Italy) +43.2 / 3
- Monika Hojnisz-Starega (Poland) +43.5 / 2
- Kaisa Mäkäräinen (Finland) +59.7 / 3
- Emma Lunder (Canada) +1: 09.6 / 3
- Valentina Semerenko (Ukraine) +1: 14.8 / 3
- Larisa Kuklina (Russia) +1: 21.5 / 4
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12. Denise Herrmann (Germany) +1: 24.2 / 5
21. Vanessa Hinz (Germany) +2: 46.3 / 3
The overall result of the women’s mass start
Biathlon: The mass start of women in the live ticker
12:23: Herrmann crossed the line in twelfth, five shooting errors were simply too many. Hinz crossed the finish line as 21st.
12:21: And now Franziska Preuss has also finished. She is third and celebrates her first single podium this season. What a great achievement.
12:20: Eckhoff is on target and celebrates her seventh win of the season. Öberg is second.
12:19: 0.9 kilometers still. Preuss is twelve seconds ahead. Now there is a crisp increase. It will be a crime thriller.
12:17: Everything is decided in the front. Eckhoff will win ahead of Öberg. But does Preuss hold third place? It looks good.
12:16: Preuss has a lead of 13 seconds over her pursuers, that looks very good. She has to hold out another 1.5 kilometers.
12:15: Franziska Preuß is third, which could be the first podium of the season. But the competition is pushing from behind.
12:14: Braisaz has to run two penalties. Hanna Öberg takes advantage of this, hits everything and is the second on the track. Preuss also hits everything, that will be a good placement.
12:12: Eckhoff has to run a penalty loop, which will still be enough for the victory. The Norwegian wins the mass start of Nove Mesto.
12:10: One last time it goes straight to the shooting range, Eckhoff leads confidently. The battle for the podium is exciting, and numerous women still have a chance. Among them Franzi Preuss.
12:09: Preuss is eighth 45 seconds behind Eckhoff. Herrmann is 13th and over a minute back. Hinz is 20th, 1:45 minutes back.
12:08: Eckhoff leads 25 seconds ahead of the French Justine Braisaz, followed directly by Fialkova and the Swede Hanna Öberg.
12:07: Hinz has to go into the penalty loop again, she will no longer intervene in the fight for the top spots.
12:06: Preuss meets everything and remains the best German here. Herrmann has to run a penalty loop.
12:05: Eckhoff hits everything again and runs away from the front here. Wierer has to run two penalties, Fialkova remains clear and goes on the chase.
12:04: Eckhoff pulls away at the front, only Wierer can keep up. The first standing shooting is about to begin.
12:02: Vanessa Hinz is back over a minute. It doesn’t make a good impression on the track.
12:01: Herrmann is now 50 seconds back, that was a real setback here. Preuss is the 13th best German, 37 seconds behind Eckhoff.
11:59: Hinz has to complete a penalty loop, Preuss got through without mistakes. Eckhoff is ahead of Paulina Fialkova from Slovakia and Ekatarina Yurlova-Percht from Russia.
11:58: Herrmann has to run two penalties, Eckhoff has hit everything. Wierer has to run an extra lap.
11:57: Eckhoff, Wierer and Herrmann run away from the front. Hinz is 22 seconds behind, Preuss is 30 seconds behind. The second shooting is about to begin.
11:55: Herrmann runs at the front, while Hinz has problems on the track and loses time there.
11:53: The favorites Dorothea Wierer and Tiril Eckhoff also hit everything. A total of 13 of the 30 women got through without mistakes.
11:52: A strong start for Herrmann, she clears all the windows. Vanessa Hinz also hits everything, Franziska Preuß has to run a penalty loop.
11:51: Now it’s time for the first shoot. Then the field will equalize.
11:50: The piste is significantly faster today than in the past few days. Visibility is also better, the sun is shining in Nove Mesto.
11:49: The first two shoots are held prone, then there are two standing shoots.
11:47: Five laps over 2.5 kilometers each must now be completed. In the first round caution is advised, the field is crowded.
11:45: So now it starts. 30 women are on their way.
Before the race: Denise Herrmann, Franziska Preuß and Vanessa Hinz are three German women.
Before the race: 30 athletes start at the same time on the 12.5 km route. It goes to the shooting range four times, every mistake there results in a penalty loop of 150 meters.
Before the race: There will be two mass starts at the end of the World Cup in Nove Mesto. The women start at 11:45 a.m.
Before the race: Hello and welcome to the live ticker at chiemgau24.de for the biathlon in Nove Mesto.
Biathlon: The preliminary report on the live ticker
Then Denise Herrmann wants to prove her good form again and shine in the mass start after her sprint victory on Thursday.
Over 12.5 kilometers are run, four times for the women at the shooting range. Accuracy is accordingly important when 30 starters start at the same time. Biathlon in Nove Mesto: All dates and results for the World Cup 2020
Biathlon: three German women at the start
For women and men, the 25 best of the overall World Cup are eligible to start, the remaining five places are occupied by the most successful athletes of the World Cup in Nove Mesto, who are not among the top 25 in the overall World Cup.
A total of seven athletes are at the start for the German team. Denise Herrmann, Franziska Preuß and Vanessa Hinz started the women’s race. The start list for the mass start of women
Arnd Peiffer, Benedikt Doll, Johannes Kühn and Philipp Horn start for the men. The start list for the men’s mass start
Biathlon: German men want to be on the podium again
Since the World Cup in Pokljuka at the end of January, the German men have been waiting for a single podium, the Germans lack stability at the shooting range. The German men also had big problems in the relay on Saturday. Biathlon: All information about the World Cup in Nove Mesto 2020
The men also have to complete four shooting runs on Sunday, and they run over 15 kilometers. They are the penultimate mass start races in the 2019/20 World Cup calendar.
In addition to the Germans, the contenders for the overall World Cups for the 2019/20 season are also in focus. Martin Fourcade wants to defend his lead in the men, Dorothea Wierer is the hunted in the women. Biathlon: World Cup in Nove Mesto on TV, livestream and live ticker
The women start at 11:45 a.m., two hours later the men start their race.
Source: chiemgau24.de
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