Biathlon Comet Became King Of The World Cup, Finished With A Shot Record – NRK Sport – Sports News, Results And Broadcast Schedule

Lægreid’s gold is Norway’s 100th in an international senior biathlon championship. 84 of the golds have come in the World Cup, while 16 have come in the Olympics.

– He’s completely sick. I had a really good day today, says Lægreid, continuing:

– Four gold, he’s completely sick. You hear it. Four gold. He had dreamed of a medal. An individual medal. Now I have four golds, it is beyond my wildest imagination. I didn’t even dare to dream about this.

Sturla Holm Lægreid started as he has many times before this season, with an impressive shot. The World Cup comet fired the two lying shots without problems.

– The plan was to save energy in the beginning there. And I got a lot from that in the end, where I had to go alone and really fight.

With this, Lægreid also set a new record for flawless first shots. Fourcade had the old record of 15.

– It’s completely wild. I have deliberately tried to focus on the fact that it is not the World Cup, but to do as in training. It seems to be working so I think I will continue to do so in the future.

– Delicious to finish in a good way.

The impressive filming continued with a full house on the stand up shoot.

Lægreid led the rest of the joint outing alongside, among others, Jakov Fak and Sebastian Samuelsson before Johannes Dale came strong towards the end and secured silver.

– It’s so nice to finish well. Now I can go home with a clear conscience and get a good night’s sleep to have finished well, says Dale.

– I wasn’t sure if I should catch up with those in front, but I actually managed it by a good margin, he says.

Thingnes Bø disappointed

Before the last shot, Lægreid had a small lead, but the Norwegian incurred a penalty round. But when Jakov Fak and Simon Eder also failed, there was no doubt that Lægreid’s other individual gold was in the area.

– Now that I just finished, I probably have to think a bit about that candy here. It tastes incredibly delicious to take another gold. It’s even on the king’s birthday, so that’s cool, says the gold winner.

Johannes Thingnes Bø had a bad starting point when he incurred two penalty rounds already on the first lie. He finally finished in eighth place.

– I won’t complain, but I keep complaining. I want much more, he says.

He still praises the recent world champion.

– It has meant a whole new standard that we have not come close to smelling before. What he brings now with that shoot. We are very fortunate to be able to participate and learn from next year. What he has shown so far is enormous.

Norwegian protest

One of the favorites, Emilien Jacquelin, ruined their joint outing after missing all the flashes on other horizontal shots.

Tarjei Bø finished in sixth place.

Norway filed a protest after Bø failed to stand on the second shot and lost several seconds. But the protest was not accepted by the jury.

– He was prevented from entering other lying shots. There was one who had taken the rug that Tarjei had. Tarjei was really the first and had to retire and go back to record twelve. He lost 10 to 12 seconds and missed a shot, says national team coach Egil Kristiansen.

Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen finally came in 16th.

– Soon I will not have the words to describe what you do here. I myself know how difficult it is to compete race after race, says Sjåstad Christiansen of Sunday’s gold winner.

Biathlon is a fringe sport and what it does, especially in the stands, is incomparable. I’m already looking forward to summer, when I’ll copy everything I can from Sturla Holm Lægreid, he says.

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