Finish in the top ten. Violet disappointment did not make up for the mix – PRAVDA.sk

On Monday, she made a single mistake on the shooting range and triumphed 9.4 seconds ahead of Frenchman Anais Chevalier-Bouchet.

Bronze travels to Norway thanks to Norse Marta Olsba Röiseland (+15.3). Paulína Fialková, who finished 42nd with four mistakes, finished 42nd (+4: 58.0 min.).

Her sister Ivona Fialková finished with six mistakes in the 46th place (+5: 41.5), Henrieta Horvátová was 68th (+8: 03.4) and Veronika Machyniaková 83rd (+11: 09.0).

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Thirty-three-year-old Herrmann won Olympic gold eight years after winning her first medal at the Olympic Games. In Sochi 2014, she won a bronze medal with a German 4 × 5 km running relay.

She switched from cross-country skiing to biathlon only in 2016, three years later she achieved her first big biathlon success, when she became the world champion in the 10 km race in Östersund.

She has now added the coveted Olympic title to a total of six World Cup medals (1-4-1) and six other individual World Cup victories.

“I am really happy and proud. I felt good and I know what I’m capable of. Above all, you have to keep a cool head at the shooting range, “the winner told ZDF. Chevalierová-Bouchetová is already looking forward to the 2022 Olympic Games from the second precious metal, she also won silver with the French team in the 4 × 6 km mixed relay.

The second biathlon competition at the Olympic Games, the first women’s, was accompanied by difficult conditions at the remotest center of the Olympics in Changjia, and the situation at the shooting range was complicated by the wind, even though it was not as strong and unpredictable as in the mix.

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Röiseland, with starting number 1, started the race at a high pace, but the sovereign leader of the World Cup scored one penalty minute in the first shot after the mistake, which was used by the purely shooting German Dorothea Wierer to get into the lead.

The first leg of Sweden’s Elvira Öberg, who had the best time after the first bed and led ahead of Norka Tirill Eckhof (+4.2) and Hermann (+13.2), came out even better.

Röiseland kept up the pace, flawless on the second and third items. However, Chevalier-Bouchet was just as fantastic, the French had a clean shot after three items and led 10 seconds ahead of the reigning world champion Czech Markéta Davidová and 25 seconds ahead of the Norwegian opponent.

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In the middle of the race, however, Belarusian Dzinara Alimbekavová accelerated significantly, who did not miss even once and after the third shot she jumped to the front with a lead of 7.4 s before Chevalier-Bouchetová.

The two faces were shown by the Frenchwoman Julia Simon, who shot the first two items cleanly and still led after 7.9 km.

In the second half of the race, however, after four mistakes on the range, she fell to the top ten. Röiseland lost her chance for gold after a mistake in the fourth shot, after which Hermann took the lead for the first time.

Nemka showed an amazing finish and had a 15.3 s lead over Norka. Chevalier-Bouchetová missed the fourth item for the first time, which could have saddened her, in the finish she was 9.4 s in second place behind Hermann.

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Similarly, she kept her first mistake all the way to the final stand, Alimbekavová, who completely derailed her, did not even manage to finish the run and dropped to the fifth place (+31.7).

The last 20th shot cost the medal to the Czech Davidová, who finished in sixth place. The Swedes did not succeed in the race, gold defender Hanna Öbergová took 16th place (+2: 23.1 min).

Paulina Fialkova failed to repeat the success of Pyongyang 2018, where she finished in fifth place. On Monday, she started with the number 6, shot cleanly on the first bed and continuously placed second behind Wierer.

She was twelve overall. The first strike came out less, in which she scored two penalty minutes and dropped to the 51st place. In the second, the shooting in lying and standing missed one target at the same time, in the goal she had a loss of 4: 58.0 min.

“Four mistakes are, of course, a lot. Today the conditions on the track and the shooting range were much better, they were normal conditions than in the World Cup, where you can’t win with four mistakes.

My legs shook a little on the first stand, otherwise it was OK. Overall, I don’t feel very well on the track yet, even though it wasn’t so extremely frozen today and I was doing better than in the mix relay, “Paulína Fialková told RTVS.

Her sister Ivona was flawless at bedtime, but there were four mistakes in the second item, which meant the end of hopes for a good result. Subsequently, she added two more bugs.

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“Six penalty minutes is a lot. It’s hard to say what happened on the second shot. The athlete wants a lot and then he makes mistakes, after which he doesn’t even know what happened.

I’m sorry because I felt very good on the track, but I can’t match all the components that belong to biathlon in one race. Conditions were fine, and the wind was constant, so it was a nice biathlon race.

It was okay for me too, except for the one item that ruined my whole race, “said Ivona Fialková.

Horvátová and Machyniaková fell behind more significantly in the Olympic premiere, after three mistakes Horvátová placed 68th and Machyniaková with five penalty minutes on 83rd place.