Franziska Preuss won the sprint in Oslo. Through the success, she expands her lead in the overall World Cup and makes another triumph perfectly.
Big Points for Franziska Preuss in the fight for the overall World Cup! At the Biathlon World Cup in Oslo, the 31-year-old won her third win of the season in a real heartbeat final.
Preuss was at the finish line just 0.2 seconds ahead of her competitor Lou JeanMonnot and, through success, expanded her lead in the overall World Cup to 35 points. If the French woman had won, the lead would have melted on just five points.
Franziska Preuss secured an important victory in the fight for the overall World Cup
“These little two tenths. This is unfortunately important because it makes many points a difference,” JeanMonnot struggled: “I knew the times, was informed. I gave everything, but I am not entirely happy.” You could “not wait” to reciprocate at the weekend.
Biathlon: Prussia has to tremble according to the finish line
At the shooting range, Prussia was very usual and scored no mistake twice. But her competitor JeanMonnot also shot zero and was only 5.5 seconds behind after the second shooting. A real remark duel developed on the final round.
The French woman caught up for a second, but in the end Preuss was still very thin at the front, also because she jumped artistically to the finish and perhaps got the decisive tenths out.
“It was a situation where you are really happy when she is around with this tension”, Preuss in the ARD described the moments of waiting after your finish.
“I went in from the Mindset like the World Cup – either top or flop. I wanted to take a good race for myself. I am mega relieved that it was relieved,” said Preuß: “I tried to enjoy because it may be the last time in yellow. Fortunately, it wasn’t the last time.”
Prussia gets Sprint World Cup
There are still two races. For the chasing race on Saturday, Preuss starts with a strong starting situation. The final mass start is on Sunday.
In addition to the success and the important points in the overall World Cup, Preuss was able to secure a crystal ball safely. Through her victory, she secured the small crystal ball for the Sprint World Cup.
With her twelfth podium of the World Cup winter, Preuss secured discipline rating in the sprint, it is her second small crystal ball after the mass start World Cup in the 2014/15 season.
Selina Grotian (1/+2: 11.5) had fallen on the first round and, with a place beyond the points, lost the ground in the U23 rating. Sophia Schneider (1/+1: 21.8) and Julia Tannheimer (1/+1: 29.0) showed ordinary races.
At the weekend there are still 180 points in the fight for the overall World Cup. In the persecution World Cup, Preuss has only theoretical chances at 79 points behind JeanMonnot, while the small ball in the mass start is tangible in 41 points ahead of Elvira Öberg.