The Biathlon World Cup in Pokljuka Slovenian continues on Saturday. Both the women and men are in the mass start.
Franziska Preuß continues to dream of the biggest coup of her career and is again challenged in the fight for the yellow jersey on Saturday. At the Biathlon World Cup in the Slovenian Pokljuka, the mass start is on the program (from 1:35 p.m. in the live ticker).
The 31-year-old now has 998 points in the account, so 60 more than her pursuer Lou JeanMonnot (938) and expects a tight duel to the very last race. At the moment Preuss is still trying to “think so much about it. However, it is of course difficult if you hear these questions five times a day, ”emphasized the German with a wink.
In addition to Preuss, who celebrated third place in the shortened singles of Pokljuka on Thursday, only Selina Grotian will represent the German colors in the mass start of women.
Franziska Preuss wants to stay ahead in the overall ranking
For the men who are also required in the mass start on Saturday (from 3:45 p.m. in the live ticker), everything should have been due to the duel between the two Norwegian biathletes Johannes Thingnes Bö and Sturla Holm Laegreid. But on Friday Bö suddenly caused a bang and announced a break.
“I will suspend in the hope that I will be 100 percent fit for my very last races at the Holmenkollen in the coming week,” said the 31-year-old from Pokljuka before he left. The chances of the sixth triumph in the overall World Cup, Sturla Holm Laegreid can be waned further.
The younger of the Bö-Brüder, which has occurred at the end of the season, had already complained about health problems on Thursday after tenth place in the shortened individual. “I have been sick for the last two days. It was very hard, ”he said afterwards on ZDF :“ It’s about the overall World Cup. Usually I would stay away, I really don’t feel good. ” But he had to “perceive every chance” in order to remove points.
With Philipp Nawrath, Justus Strelow and Danilo Riethmüller, three German runners will also be at the start and fight for top positions.