– It will work out anyway. He flaps down five blinks faster than he’s pretty much ever done. Then it will be Norwegian gold, exclaimed Andreas Stabrun Smith. For the last standing series of the WC king was nothing but impressive. Five flashes straight down in about 17 seconds. news’s commentator timed the decisive standing series, and clocked it in at 17.8 seconds. It is a new record for Thingnes Bø. – It’s too exciting. I was shaking in the pants myself. But then he strikes with a standing streak of 17 seconds. It’s so fast. He is approaching seven straight WC gold. I can hardly describe how enormous it is, sums up news’s expert, Synnøve Solemdal. National team coach Siegfried Mazet says that this was the plan of the WC king. – The last series was incredibly good and strong. He did what we decided yesterday: Use time before the first shot and then he can attack, says Mazet to news. – Are you surprised that he managed to turn around? – He knows what he is doing. He reacted very well with good standing. THE WINNING SERIES: Here is the decisive series for Johannes Thingnes Bø. Penalty round But Thingnes Bø needed that series, because in the prone shooting just before he was ruining Norway’s chances for gold. He ended up in the penalty round. – Lousy shooting. It is rare that he shoots so badly, Ola Lunde summed up. Then it looked like the WC king was going to destroy Marte Olsbu Røiseland, who had a good third stage. – What a stage, what a biathlete! I get chills from looking at this here, said news’s commentator Andreas Stabrun Smith when Marte Olsbu Røiseland shot another full house on her last standing series. – I thought I had to go my pace and give Johannes the best time. Lisa walked fast, but I had to have good legs to stand on. Happy with that assessment, says Olsbu Røiseland. Before the start, she was nervous about ruining the superb WC king’s gold streak. – When Johannes won gold in the normal, I became nervous that I was the one who would ruin him taking gold in all the exercises. – Did you feel the pressure? – Yes, are you crazy? I’m a winner myself. I want to win the exercises I compete in. GOAL: Here Marte Olsbu Røiseland can take on Johannes Thingnes Bø in the goal area. Solid start Norway and Røiseland got off to a good start in the pairs relay. When she switched with Johannes Thingnes Bø the first time, Røiseland had used two extra shots and was 13 seconds behind Italy in the lead. That gap was to be quickly reduced. With one extra shot in his two shootings, Thingnes Bø had brought Italy into the lead. – He shoots a very good series, said news’s biathlon expert Ola Lunde after the World Cup leader skated flawlessly standing up.
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Superior WC gold for Johannes Thingnes Bø and Marte Olsbu Røiseland – news Sport – Sports news, results and broadcasting schedule
