The two -time world champion Jakov Fak is suddenly at the top again after nine years without victory. Justus Strelow succeeds in respect, the small crystal ball is awarded.
Big biathlon surprise in Slovenia: The 37-year-old local hero Jakov Fak has achieved his first victory in the shortened individual on the Pokljuka in nine years!
The two -time world champion (in 2012 in Ruhpolding and in 2015 in the mass start of Kontiolahti) caught a cream day during his home game and secured the unexpected coup with an errorless performance at the shooting range. The German biathletes meanwhile brought the first top result in the World Cup under their new head coach Tobias Reiter: Justus Strelow, which is also error -free.
Jakov Fak surprised everyone
Strelow with success
“It was really tough, you were immediately soaked,” said Strelow on ZDF : “It was incredibly slow and so it was only about the shooting range. I concentrated there and I am glad that it worked with four times zero. It was not particularly difficult from the wind, so it was easy to do. “
Overall, however, the German quintet in the third individual race after the resignation of Uros Velepec again made 19 shooting errors.
In addition to Strelow, only David Zobel (3/+3: 47.5) still delivered reasonably. At the debut of the new head coach in Nove Mesto in the previous week, Strelow and Philipp Horn were the best DSV ski hunters in sprint and persecution each, the sextet had achieved 15 and 24 shooting errors there. On the Pokljuka, the individual from Friday was preferred for one day due to the bad weather outlook and at the same time shortened by five kilometers.
Break for Bö
In the duel for the overall World Cup, the Norwegian Sturla Holm Lächreid (1 error/+34.3 seconds) took over the yellow jersey, compatriot Johannes Thingnes Bö (1/+1: 5.3), 39 points are now back. Lächreid also secured the small crystal ball in the individual World Cup when there was snow.
On Saturday (3:45 p.m.) there is the next chance in the mass start before the single mixed (12.05 p.m.) and the Mixed season (2:50 p.m.) are at the end of the penultimate World Cup.
The last horn last in the Longe Horn will miss the races on the Slovenian plateau due to a respiratory infection. He is said to return to the World Cup final on the Holmenkollen, where sprint, persecution and mass start will be run from March 21st.