The Finnish biathlon legend Kaisa Mäkäräinen ensures a sensation in her home country. In the sprint, she leaves the best Finnish biathlete currently behind.
Absolute sensation in the Finnish biathlon: Kaisa Mäkäräinen, 42 years old and has actually been retired for five years, has brought gold in the sprint at the Finnish championships.
In Kontiolahti, the three -time overall World Cup winner remained the finish line after 22:27 minutes – the finish line as the first – with a lead of over 40 seconds.
Mäkäräinen in their last World Cup race 2020
“You also needed a little portion of luck,” said the winner whether the adverse conditions. Because with soft and wet snow it was a “hard race”.
Mäkäräinen leaves minkkins behind
The currently best Finnish biathlete, Suvi Minkkinen, at least overall World Cup seventh this winter, also had a look with two penalty rounds and only ended up in third place.
Mäkäräinen won the relay race on Friday and won a total of two gold medals. A third party will not be added. She does without the mass start, because “now that things went so well, it doesn’t make sense to compete again,” she told the Finnish newspaper Karjalainen .
Mäkäräinen is one of the most successful biathletes of all time. Between 2005 and 2020 she won a total of 27 individual races, three times the overall World Cup and won six World Cup medals. In 2011 she was also elected Finnish athlete of the year.