Friday, March 13, 2015

Biathlon World Cup in Kontiolahti – German relay team wins gold – Süddeutsche.de

It is the very big thing: The German biathlon women showing at the World Championship relay race outstanding performance and win gold ahead of France and Italy ,



To bring the German relay gold

With the German flag in hand Laura Dahl Meier celebrated long before the finish line, the resurrection of the German biathletes. One year after the season debacle of the Olympic Games in Sochi, the low point in the highly successful story German Skijägerinnen, the DSV quartet played formally with the competition and was superior to the world title.

fell in the target Franziska Hildebrand, Vanessa Hinz and Franziska Preuss its final leg over the moon around the neck. Germany coach Gerald honey wiped the tears of joy from her eyes. It was the first major title for the golden generation to record world champion Magdalena Neuner and the third German Edemetall at the championships in the Finnish Kontiolahti. Silver went to France (+1: 00,3 minutes), bronze in Italy (1: 06,1): both were behind all the biathlon worlds

Season infected first check off

<. p> With a medal she had expected the German Ski Association, hoping for gold, but not even dreamed of such a victory. Ahead there had been discussions about the position of the first leg, the decision was made to Hildebrand (Clausthal-Zellerfeld), with 27 years, the most experienced of the bunch. After two failures in the standing position she gave 12.5 seconds behind the top of Preuss – a first minor setback for the ambitious DSV quartet

The 21-year-old from Hague, the last after a losing streak in. year had shed bitter tears in Sochi, shot solid (3 errors) and reduced the lead to their final round as third the distance from the leading duo Italy and the Czech Republic to 9.3 seconds. Preuss sent Hinz into the race, the loose candidate in the German team. But the World Cup season debutante surprised the whole team shot only one ticket and also impressed on the track.

30.4 seconds, the projection was on top favorite Russia, and in the transition zone waited Germany’s victory runner Dahl Meier. The 21-year-old from Partenkirchen teemed with confidence after their silver medal in the pursuit. Not a single error afforded Dahl and Meier had on the final lap even time to save energy for the mass start on Sunday.

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