Biathlon: Herrmann-Wick ended his career in sixth place
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Herrmann-Wick ended his career in sixth place
Finished her last race in Oslo in sixth place: Denise Herrmann-Wick. photo
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Olympic champion Denise Herrmann-Wick finished the last race of her biathlon career in sixth place.
Olympic champion Denise Herrmann-Wick has the last race of her biathlon-Career ended in sixth place.
In the fog of Oslo the sprint world champion made three penalties in the mass start and was therefore unable to take part in the fight for the podium one day after her sprint success. After crossing the finish line, she fell into her husband Thomas Wick’s arms, crying.
In the end, the 34-year-old was 57.1 seconds behind the victorious Hanna Öberg. After a penalty loop, the Swede relegated Marte Olsbu Röiseland (1) to second place with 22.6 seconds. The Norwegian also ends her career like third-placed Anais Chevalier-Bouchet (3/+ 43.7 seconds). The French prevailed against Hanna Kebinger (1) in the final sprint. In fourth place, the 25-year-old was just 2.8 seconds short of her first World Cup podium. It was her best career result to date.
Vanessa Voigt (3) was 14th, directly followed by Janina Hettich-Walz (3). The German biathletes ended the season with three wins, two second places and four third places. Got all five individual podiums Herrmann-Wickwho also won World Championship gold in the sprint and World Championship silver in the pursuit as well as silver in the relay.
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