Fogged Festival of Böv Passenger Quarterly And Fiasco of the German Captain

Half an hour before the start, there was a serious threat in Oberhof that nothing would start on Saturday and the men's sprint would be postponed "And where is the stadium?" joked Johannes Bö.

Fog fell on the shooting range The trainers went out with their binoculars right up to the firing line during the shooting to at least read something from the distant targets.

The Norwegians quickly changed the diopters on their small calibers "The boys see badly, but they still see something," said Czech coach Matt Emmons.

"The conditions are almost on the edge," concluded Jakub Štvrtecký "It was a search for black streaks combined with an effort to hit them," Michal Krčmář described the shot.

Spectators who paid 90 euros for a ticket could see neither the targets nor the large video wall from the stands Everything was lost to them behind an impenetrable veil of fog.

Jury met at the shooting range, took action and then decided: "There will be a race after all " It was as if Mrs.

Nature wanted to thank the officials for this verdict, so she diluted the misty milk somewhat and lifted it up But later this benevolence passed her by again and she persistently sent more foggy gusts to the stadium.

"It's a bit of a lottery, because the fog keeps flying up and down," said the head of the union, Jiří Hamza Even German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who arrived as the most honored guest, followed the course of the race from the stands, mainly on his mobile phone.

Johannes Bö started with the yellow-red number 1 on his chest, and when he arrived at the lay-up, even Michal Krčmář, who was ready in the starting booth, noticed: He waits a long time before he starts shooting Bö missed once, dramatizing the fight for the title, and exhorted himself before the stand: Be calm and just hit the centers of those targets.

He did not succeed perfectly, two shots were calibers, yet his five targets turned white, so he could say: "Today luck was with me, next time it may turn away from me " This time, the proverbial dose of luck contributed to his victory.

"It was my best race in the fog in my entire career," he rejoiced On his Oberhof mission for six (or maybe even seven?) gold medals, he can tick off the second accomplished task.

Plus, in a wonderful family package: "The Bö double at the World Cup, that's absolutely crazy It couldn't have ended better today," he cheered.

His older brother, Tarjei Bö, went all the way for the silver medal That Tarjei, whose performances in December were so unconvincing that the Norwegian media even suggested his reassignment to the B-team.

Now the 34-year-old matador sat at a press conference and said: "It wasn't exactly my best season But I saved the most successful race until here.

" By the way, all three Norwegian medalists, including the bronze medalist Sturla Holm Lägreid, arrived at the press room in respirators, although they are certainly not mandatory in Oberhof But that is already the rule of the Norwegian national team.

Don't underestimate anything Protect yourself everywhere you can.

That is why the Norwegian team has for many years refused any accommodation in those hotels where carpets are laid in the rooms, as the dust from them can contribute to the spread of diseases Václavík: Suddenly there was a terrible tremor But back to the championship race.

From the point of view of the elite trio of Czech men, it was: a great run After all, when was the last time that three Czechs were among the fifteen best runners in the sprint at the World Championships: 7.

Štvrtecký, 9 Václavík, 14

Krčmář In the last lap, Štvrtecký was even the fourth fastest of all, only three Norwegians managed this lap better than him.

"I was just a passenger, those skis went by themselves today It was enough for me to go up the Birgsteig, and then somehow they were already sliding to the shooting range," Jakub Štvrtecký laughed and did not hide a certain satisfaction that, after not being nominated for the mixed relay, he showed everyone how well prepared he is as a runner.

To the great satisfaction of the Czechs, a "little thing" was missing in the sprint: hitting more targets When Krčmář recorded two fouls lying down, coach emmons shouted at the range: "Full item down right.

" He spent the rest of the race repairing the damage done Adam Václavík zeroed his lay, he was doing great on the track, and the team members told him: "You're sixth.

" When he heard from them at the top how relatively little time he was losing to Johannes Bö, he thought: I'm doing really well But Václavík's dreaded stand came.

She had punished him so many times in her career And it happened again.

"I tried to slow down a bit in the second lap on the track and come to the range at such a pace that I could shoot the handstand comfortably," he recounted "I was well set in my head and believed that I would break the stand today.

Unfortunately, there was a terrible tremor on the mat and it was just a struggle " Three mistakes knocked him out of the top positions.

Štvrtecký missed once lying down and then the first two shots standing up "At the same time, I felt quite comfortable on that stand.

I couldn't believe my own eyes that the two targets didn't fall ” However, his eyes did not deceive him.

The Czechs' great cross-country race resulted in the following final tally in total with the shooting: 14th Krčmář, 15th Štvrtecký, 24th Václavík "I should have been very high today," Václavík regretted the missed opportunity.

"But I have to deal with it More chances will come.

” Jacquelin: I won't ride a fighter Many of the most famous biathletes of today fared much worse than the Czechs that day anyway Frenchman Emilien Jacquelin finished thirty-sixth after four shots off the mark.

Frustrated and embittered, he agreed with the management of the French team in the evening that he would not enter the pursuit race He thus turned away from the discipline in which he was supposed to defend the title of world champion from 2020 and 2021 and in which he told Nordic Magazine before the start of the championship: “My goal is to complete the golden hat-trick in the fighter at Oberhof.

That is my biggest motivation I believe I'm ready.

" For a change, the experienced captain of the German national team, Benedikt Doll, celebrated the gold in the sprint at the World Championships six years ago, but this time he heard a disappointed "aaaah" from the stands after five of his shots, and after 55 he refused to speak to all journalists at the finish line and left the arena without a word.

Already in Wednesday's mixed relay, he "walled off" the medal ambitions of the Germans with a penalty round, so the website of the German Eurosport now rather mercilessly wrote: "Doll is completely out of the role " The server sport1.

de used even harsher words: "Doll's fiasco " He, too, was initially optimistic on the threshold of the championship when he said: "I became a father in the summer.

Parenthood has benefited me, I'm much more relaxed in races " Now, on the other hand, teammate Roman Rees advises him from a distance: "Sometimes you forget that you can do biathlon.

Benedikt must first calm down and then completely reset Everything can be different in the chase.

" Jakov Fak, the world champion in the mass race from 2015 and at the same time a kind of itinerary of the biathlon peloton, is clear: I have Sunday afternoon off Because the competitor from the 63rd place on the results list is not affected by the fighter.

Not even Finn Tuomas Harjula will enter it In the first round of the sprint, he fell, destroyed the diopter in a car accident (which he found out only at the shooting range), the referee had to ask for a spare weapon, spent three minutes lying down, and still missed all five targets.

It wasn't much better on the stand, adding four more faults Completely demoralized, he staggered to the finish line.

All in all, his slips meant the last 111th place with a loss of seven minutes to the penultimate Bosnian Vukovic Kaisa Mäkäräinen, who is a reporter for Finnish TV in Oberhof, came to the press center after the race, made herself an espresso from the machine, and while sipping it, she might have wondered if it wasn't easier to race herself than to think about what to ask the man who missed nine of the ten targets.

the place on the score sheet is not affected by the fighter Not even Finn Tuomas Harjula will enter it.

In the first round of the sprint, he fell, destroyed the diopter in a car accident (which he found out only at the shooting range), the referee had to ask for a spare weapon, spent three minutes lying down, and still missed all five targets It wasn't much better on the stand, adding four more faults.

Completely demoralized, he staggered to the finish line All in all, his slips meant the last 111th place with a loss of seven minutes to the penultimate Bosnian Vukovic.

Kaisa Mäkäräinen, who is a reporter for Finnish TV in Oberhof, came to the press center after the race, made herself an espresso from the machine, and while sipping it, she might have wondered if it wasn't easier to race herself than to think about what to ask the man who missed nine of the ten targets the place on the score sheet is not affected by the fighter.

Not even Finn Tuomas Harjula will enter it In the first round of the sprint, he fell, destroyed the diopter in a car accident (which he found out only at the shooting range), the referee had to ask for a spare weapon, spent three minutes lying down, and still missed all five targets.

It wasn't much better on the stand, adding four more faults Completely demoralized, he staggered to the finish line.

All in all, his slips meant the last 111th place with a loss of seven minutes to the penultimate Bosnian Vukovic Kaisa Mäkäräinen, who is a reporter for Finnish TV in Oberhof, came to the press center after the race, made herself an espresso from the machine, and while sipping it, she might have wondered if it wasn't easier to race herself than to think about what to ask the man who missed nine of the ten targets.

Not even Finn Tuomas Harjula will enter it In the first round of the sprint, he fell, destroyed the diopter in a car accident (which he found out only at the shooting range), the referee had to ask for a spare weapon, spent three minutes lying down, and still missed all five targets.

It wasn't much better on the stand, adding four more faults Completely demoralized, he staggered to the finish line.

All in all, his slips meant the last 111th place with a loss of seven minutes to the penultimate Bosnian Vukovic Kaisa Mäkäräinen, who is a reporter for Finnish TV in Oberhof, came to the press center after the race, made herself an espresso from the machine, and while sipping it, she might have wondered if it wasn't easier to race herself than to think about what to ask the man who missed nine of the ten targets.

Not even Finn Tuomas Harjula will enter it In the first round of the sprint, he fell, destroyed the diopter in a car accident (which he found out only at the shooting range), the referee had to ask for a spare weapon, spent three minutes lying down, and still missed all five targets.

It wasn't much better on the stand, adding four more faults Completely demoralized, he staggered to the finish line.

All in all, his slips meant the last 111th place with a loss of seven minutes to the penultimate Bosnian Vukovic Kaisa Mäkäräinen, who is a reporter for Finnish TV in Oberhof, came to the press center after the race, made herself an espresso from the machine, and while sipping it, she might have wondered if it wasn't easier to race herself than to think about what to ask the man who missed nine of the ten targets.

he destroyed a diopter during a carom (which he found out only at the shooting range), the referee had to ask for a replacement weapon, spent three minutes lying down, and still missed all five targets It wasn't much better on the stand, adding four more faults.

Completely demoralized, he staggered to the finish line All in all, his slips meant the last 111th place with a loss of seven minutes to the penultimate Bosnian Vukovic.

Kaisa Mäkäräinen, who is a reporter for Finnish TV in Oberhof, came to the press center after the race, made herself an espresso from the machine, and while sipping it, she might have wondered if it wasn't easier to race herself than to think about what to ask the man who missed nine of the ten targets he destroyed a diopter during a carom (which he found out only at the shooting range), the referee had to ask for a replacement weapon, spent three minutes lying down, and still missed all five targets.

It wasn't much better on the stand, adding four more faults Completely demoralized, he staggered to the finish line.

All in all, his slips meant the last 111th place with a loss of seven minutes to the penultimate Bosnian Vukovic Kaisa Mäkäräinen, who is a reporter for Finnish TV in Oberhof, came to the press center after the race, made herself an espresso from the machine, and while sipping it, she might have wondered if it wasn't easier to race herself than to think about what to ask the man who missed nine of the ten targets.

added four more errors Completely demoralized, he staggered to the finish line.

All in all, his slips meant the last 111th place with a loss of seven minutes to the penultimate Bosnian Vukovic Kaisa Mäkäräinen, who is a reporter for Finnish TV in Oberhof, came to the press center after the race, made herself an espresso from the machine, and while sipping it, she might have wondered if it wasn't easier to race herself than to think about what to ask the man who missed nine of the ten targets.

added four more errors Completely demoralized, he staggered to the finish line.

All in all, his slips meant the last 111th place with a loss of seven minutes to the penultimate Bosnian Vukovic Kaisa Mäkäräinen, who is a reporter for Finnish TV in Oberhof, came to the press center after the race, made herself an espresso from the machine, and while sipping it, she might have wondered if it wasn't easier to race herself than to think about what to ask the man who missed nine of the ten targets.

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