Thingnes Bo made a pangløp – then cracked his total – Dagbladet.no

(Dagbladet): The Norwegian biathlon men’s achievements in winter sports activities have ranged from the fantastic to the whole of the regular season. Today hope the Norwegians on an upturn of 20 kilometer in German Ruhpolding.

And it started well.

John Thingnes Bo was fastest of all after two shootings. He went out almost 21 seconds ahead of Martin Fourcade – both with two full houses.

With a total of four shootings and one additional minute per boom, it was important to find peace on the firing line if you had hopes for a top position. And when Martin Fourcade missed once on the third shooting, looked bright for the little brother Bo.

– Now John Thingnes Bo-time opportunity to win a 20-kilometer, said NRK commentator Stabrun Smith.

Cracked total

In third shooting missed Thingnes Bo once but nevertheless retained the lead by nearly ten seconds. Fourcade shot fully on his final standing shooting, and stood with 19 hits out of 20. It meant that John Thingnes Bo had to shoot full on the last shooting to go to the top.

He was unsuccessful. Instead, it was three whole boom on the Norwegian.

– He cracks total, says NRK’s ​​expert commentator Ola Lunde.

– It is simply coarse boom, he to.

It summed unfortunately the Norwegian effort today.

– I’m mostly mad at myself. Why I not only bear on the last shooting, it is 30 seconds. It’s insanely annoying, says Johannes Thingnes Bø NRK.

Had not the day

It was a star-studded field that started the race in Germany.

– One of the best I’ve seen in my time as a commentator, so this is going to be a fight races, said NRK commentator Andreas Stabrun Smith before the competition.

The other Norwegian Nor had the day today. Tarjei Bo missed twice, Emil Hegle Svendsen had three misses and Ole Einar Bjørndalen missed four times in total.

– I had decided for now that I should not break anything at present. It worked well, but I was not super fresh track. I can congratulate the other, and Erlend Bjøntegaard specifically, said Tarjei Bo told NRK.

Erlend Bjøntegaard were current positive Norwegian contribution when he went in goal ahead Thingnes Bo. Even with two boom, he was the best Norwegian man today.

Martin Fourcade won the final ahead of Simon Eder and Anton Shipulin.

Norwegian start number: 17. Lars Helge Birkeland, 26, Emil Hegle Svendsen, 30. Ole Einar Bjørndalen, 36. Tarjei Bo, 57. John Thingnes Bo, 64. Erlend Bjøntegaard.

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