– An absolutely extreme race. news’s biathlon expert Torgeir Bjørn lets himself be impressed by Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen’s demonstration of power in Saturday’s sprint in Ruhpolding, Germany. – I will not celebrate until everyone has finished. Near perfect run. It was a f***ing good race, says Christiansen to news. QUALIFYING: Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen was superb in Saturday’s sprint in Ruhpolding. Photo: Sven Hoppe / AP In front of 16,200 spectators, in the cradle of biathlon, Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen got his revenge. After being wrecked at the World Cup in Oberhof, he called the national team management incompetent. – It is quite clear that this has taken a toll on him, says Bjørn about the wreck. – He probably won’t be wrecked any time soon again, adds news’s biathlon commentator Jann Post. – Extra impressive Teammate Tarjei Bø was impressed by the performance of Sjåstad Christiansen after the wreck last weekend. – First he shot from the hip, then he shot down all the flashes, he says, referring to Christiansen’s statements about the management. Sturla Holm Lægreid could do nothing but pay tribute to the race Sjåstad Christiansen, and highlights the shooting as the most impressive. – He told me that he was going to squeeze in all ten shots there, he says. – Does Vetle have anything to do at this level? – Absolutely, you can see that today. He absolutely delivers when it matters. He himself knows that he is so good on these trails, says Lægreid. – You almost feel sorry for him French Émilien Jacquelin seemed for a long time to be Christiansen’s biggest challenger, but the seconds ran away from the Frenchman at the end. – He has the stiffest legs it is possible to develop in Bavaria. It’s almost like you feel sorry for him there, says Bjørn. Tarjei Bø was second best Norwegian on Saturday. Big brother Bø entered third place, 20 seconds behind Christiansen. With that podium, he takes over the lead in the sprint cup from German Benedikt Doll. Little brother Bø missed once, but didn’t get it right in the track. Stryningen has been struggling with illness for the past week. Swedish boom, boom and boom news’s experts launched the Swedes as the fiercest competitors, but it never came to fruition. – It’s a disastrous start for the Swedes, says Björn Ferry in SVT. – A failure, writes Aftonbladet about the Swedish effort. Because already at the first shooting, the Swedes could be written off from the victory match. Martin Ponsiluoma missed four times and compatriot Sebastian Samuelsson missed twice. – It’s a far too bad series, supplements news’s biathlon expert Synnøve Solemdal about Ponsiluoma’s series. In total, there were eight penalty rounds in a minute and a half there on the Swedish team after Jesper Nelin also missed twice on the first shoot.
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