Thingnes Bø messed up historic gold – Swedish World Cup cheers at the joint start – news Sport – Sports news, results and broadcasting schedule

The streak still ends with an impressive five golds, one silver and one bronze in the WC. Only Marte Olsbu Røiseland has won medals in all exercises before. – I am incredibly happy with the WC. I was on target for gold even though I missed the last shot, but my curtain went down when the Swedes went violently over the top on Birxsteig, says bronze winner Thingnes Bø to news. Because while the Norwegians missed, Sebastian Samuelsson delivered four full houses. When the Swede also pulled away from a Thingnes Bø on the last lap, there was no doubt. Samuelsson could cruise to WC gold at the joint start. Martin Ponsiluoma secured a Swedish double with silver. – Can you beat Johannes Thingnes Bø? Yes! We can beat him with two Swedes, says Sweden’s coach Johannes Lukas to SVT. – Too bad Thingnes Bø started with a miss on the first shoot, but easily caught up with the tight group consisting of Sturla Holm Lægreid and Martin Ponsiluoma, who had a full house on the first shoot. On the second attempt at a standing position, another miss came from the WC king, who thus had to spend the start of the joint start chasing seconds. Lægreid also had to go to the penalty round. – It is far too bad prone shooting in such fine conditions, was the verdict from news expert Ola Lunde. But in the first standing shooting, Thingnes Bø showed why he is the world’s best biathlete. First into the stand, he stood up and lowered blinker after blinker at a frantic pace. – It’s perfect, absolutely perfect! Not only does he hit, he shoots faster than the others too. He gets a huge hatch, said news commentator Andreas Stabrun Smith. The way was then open for a historic gold for Thingnes Bø, but on the last shoot there was a costly miss. Sebastian Samuelsson took advantage of that, who actually moved away from the WC king in the last round. In solitary majesty, he could cheer for WC gold. Sturla Holm Lægreid was second best Norwegian in fourth place. Tarjei Bø was number nine, Johannes Dale number eleven, while Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen finished in 12th place.



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