Biathlon World Cup
Home victory for Jakov Fak in Pokljuka ++ Komatz 20th!
At the Biathlon World Cup in Pokljuka, 37-year-old Jakov Fak celebrated a surprising home victory!
The Slovenian remained penalty-free on Thursday in the 15 km individual competition in 40:52.6 minutes and won 34.3 seconds ahead of Norway's Sturla Holm Laegreid (1 penalty) and Sweden's Martin Ponsiluoma (2/+44.3). The best Austrian was David Komatz with only one miss in 20th place (+3:41.1), 42-year-old Simon Eder was 26th (2/4:05.8).
Flawless Frenchwoman Julia Simon wins
In the 12.5 km women's race, Franziska Preuß moved closer to her dream of her first overall World Cup victory with third place. The 31-year-old German increased her lead over France's Lou Jeanmonnot to 60 points. The victory after 12.5 kilometers went to the flawless Frenchwoman Julia Simon ahead of Sweden's Hanna Öberg. There are still four individual competitions to go before Sunday in a week's time.
The best Austrian this time was Lisa Hauser, who only finished in 22nd place (+3:38.5) with four misses. Anna Andexer (4 misses) and Anna Juppe (3) finished 34th and 35th respectively, more than 4:20 minutes behind.
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