03 December 2015
Simon Schempp finished second in the individual over the 20 kilometers. Photo: AP
Only Ole Einar Bjoerndalen was faster: Simon Schempp has his sixth World Cup victory, although just missed, but a strong signal in the fight for the overall World Cup victory.
In the first individual race of the season ran the 27-year-old in Östersund over 20 km on second place and only Oldie Ole Einar Bjoerndalen had to admit defeat. Because the record champion from Norway shot clean in his 94th World Cup success in biathlon, Schempp missed the victory by 27.1 seconds. Third was the Russian Alexander Volkov, who is the only field hit all 20 targets in addition Bjoerndalen.
The with one penalty loaded Schempp looked long time as the winner, but then came Bjoerndalen. Schempp had to watch the television cameras as the “Cannibal” and the fourth shooting everything met. Here Bjoerndalen had considered whether to the heavy classic run on the demanding circuit at the foot of the Storsjön lake at all. “I have not lost the top spot, but the second win,” Schempp said on ZDF and simultaneously pulled the hat off Björndalen performance. “This is crazy,” Schempp said appreciatively over its 14 year older rival
. Third best term
Schempp underpinned but impressively his ambitions in the battle for the big crystal and wants to slip over the weekend became the first German since Michael Greis in December 2008 back to the yellow jersey. “I am very pleased with the start. It would be great if I could engage in the fight with. I want to run from the start at a high level, “said the Uhinger.
In the shooting he was stable and put the third-best run time out. Only the four-time overall World Cup winner Martin Fourcade, who after five failures was only 21, and Benedikt Doll were faster. His strong form had already indicated with the two victories in the last test race Schempp. By the way he cracked already the internal championship standard.
“Simon is the measure of all things. No wonder no one in the team. That is the reward of hard work, “said his team-mate Arnd Peiffer (4 errors), which, like almost all other Germans repulsed ended as 51st in the field. However, Stark was Andreas Birnbacher (1 error) in twelfth. Double world champion Erik Lesser (4) ended up on rank 39, Benedikt Doll (6) at No. 46 and Daniel Böhm (6) ran into the goal.
than 76. In the women on Thursday here on the 15 km mass start and Vice World Champion Franziska Preuss after überstandenem slight infection. Beside her, also include Miriam Gössner, Franziska Hildebrand, Vanessa Hinz, Karolin Horchler and Maren Hammerschmidt squad. (dpa)
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