"Impatience Shot" prevents Herrmann's double victory

It was only millimeters that Denise Herrmann lacked a perfect weekend with two wins. "The mistake was quite scarce, I've already dropped," said the biathletin. Ironically, the 20th and final shot of the single-Olympic champion missed the goal on Sunday in the persecution race in the Finnish continental wafer-thin. One day after her sprint success, this still means the third place. "In the last shooting you are already burdened. The last shot, that's always the impatience shot," said Herrmann and still accounted for: "I am really satisfied with the race." That was two hours later also for Erik Lesser.

• Eckhoff wins - Prussian from 32 to 8
• Lesser provides Ukrainian Instagram account

The Thuringian surprised everyone with a gala appearance, which brought him place two in the persecution. At the place of his World Cup victory in this discipline Seven years ago, the 33-year-old was not a single shooting error and had only 8.2 seconds on the victorious Quentin Fillon Maillet from France. "The persecution is me. I did not let myself be unsettled," Lesser said in ZDF and added: "I'm more than proud of me."

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Shortly before his career end in two weeks it was for Lesser's strongest attitude of winter and the first podium for almost one and a half years. The Thuringian had announced during the week to end his career at the end of the season and want to work as a coach in the future. There will now be nothing to change. "I am happy as it is. It's not bad, if you can cope with fun," Lesser said. He was only started as a twelfth and took his way through an approach at the final round of two.

Johannes Kühn could not reflect after his third place on Saturday in the sprint in the fight for the podium places. The 30-year-old Bayer shot four mistakes and fell back to 13th place. Second best German became Roman Rees (1) than NEINTER. Benedikt Doll (2) became eleventh, Philipp Nawrath (4) twelfth.

Eckhoff wins - Prussian from 32 to 8

One month after its gold coup in the winter games in Beijing, in addition to Altmamp Lesser, Herrmann continued to proof his persistently strong form. On Saturday, the ex-world champion was not stopped over 7.5 kilometers despite a shooting mistake and won off Tiril Eckhoff, which in turn won the hunting race on Sunday. The Norwegian speaks to previously 15 hits in the last shoot, although the competition opened on the last kilometers still to pull the little chance. But the 33-year-old Herrmann could not use this anymore. She still ran smiling with a cheering gesture about the finish line.

Second best Germans became Franziska Prussian, who worked forward after impeccable shooting from rank 32. Vanessa Voigt (2 mistakes) fell back on six place to eleven. Franziska Hildebrand (1) improved eleven ranks at position 17, including Vanessa Hinz (3) as 19. still under the top 20.

Lesser provides Ukrainian Instagram account

In the absence of the Russians excluded from the World Association IBU and Belaruses, the war in Ukraine was currently present - with Lesser in one of the main roles. The ex-world champion left his Instagram channel to his Ukrainian colleague Anastascija Merkerchina for 24 hours to provide more enlightenment. "I have 30,000 followers from Russia on Instagram, and I believe the Russian population is not quite clear what really goes off in Ukraine," Lesser said.

And so Merkuschina posted after the invasion of Russia in their homeland on Saturday photos from the war area. The destruction and suffering of people were seen. He wanted to use his range, "with more people real messages in Russia," Lesser said. He thanked the Russian fans who nevertheless follow him. "You are the silent resistance. If your best tries to be heard," he wrote on Sunday. The number of his followers increased from around 109,000 to more than 139,000.