The case is updated! Even with one miss, Thingnes Bø was clearly the best in Kontiolahti on Saturday. With by far the fastest cross-country time, he secured his 56th World Cup victory. Sturla Holm Lægreid followed up the good Norwegian day with a second place, 10.5 seconds behind Thingnes Bø. – He is completely unique. There are certain arenas where he is unbeatable, and this is one of them. He is an artist on the skis. It’s a little frustrating for a big brother to watch. It looks so easy, says Tarjei Bø about little brother Johannes. SPRINT WIN: 29-year-old Johannes Thingnes Bø took his 56th World Cup victory. Photo: Vesa Moilanen / NTB – He is a God on the trail. Johannes will be a tough nut to crack this year. He’s got such a new lease of life, says Filip Fjeld Andersen, who himself finished sixth. – I deliver what I am good at today. I had little hope of my tenth World Cup victory today, but Johannes is a strong guy and I congratulate him on his victory today. That was impressive, says Holm Lægreid about the boss. The Norwegian biathlon men won the relay on Friday, but Saturday’s sprint victory is the first individual victory for a Norwegian biathlete. Johannes Dale (number seven) and Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (number ten) also finished among the top ten. Lægreid feared Thingnes Bø Sturla Holm Lægreid had to see that two misses on the last shooting in Thursday’s normal distance meant that the victory was lost, but on Saturday he was faultless on the stand in Saturday’s sprint. – A masterful run by Sturla. Fantastic what he is doing, said news’s biathlon expert Ola Lunde when Lægreid crossed the finish line. With ten hits he went into an early lead from starting number 15, but still a number of runners had not made it to the first shooting. – I had a good feeling, but I was perhaps not as raw in the track as I was the other days. If someone fires ten hits, then they have the opportunity to beat me. There are a few and I don’t know how they have shot so far. Then I especially think of Johannes Thingnes Bø, said Holm Lægreid to TV 2 shortly after the finish line. NUMBER TWO: Sturla Holm Lægreid entered second place. Photo: Vesa Moilanen / NTB Thingnes Bø has had a habit of performing very well in the sprints in Kontiolahti. In the eight previous sprint races he had entered in the World Cup and WC in Kontiolahti, he had recorded five victories, one third place and two fourth places. The Norwegian got through the first shooting without a mistake, but on the second shooting there was one miss. It still managed to go out in the lead, 2.8 seconds ahead of Holm Lægreid, after the second shooting. On the last lap, Thingnes Bø increased his lead and finished 10.5 seconds ahead of his compatriot. – Fantastic race. Enormous cross-country form, said Ola Lunde about the run to Thingnes Bø.
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