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The closing with a bitter mass start for Dorothea, who spoke of the (distant) dream of competing in the Olympics in her Antholz. Windisch, great fifth: "A result that makes me happy". The overall team balance remains meager. In the VIDEO the interview with Wierer.
Friday 18 February 2022 6 minutes reading time
The 2022 edition of the Olympic Games as regards biathlon has closed, with the two mass starts that have not brought other medals to the Italian national team.
It therefore closes with Dorothea Wierer's bronze masterpiece in the Sprint, but the balance is certainly not very positive as, on the other hand, the entire season of the Italian movement. The Italian champion, in today's mass start, was unable to do better than a 22nd place, with a difficult performance at the shooting range but also problems with materials. "It was a very tiring Olympics, challenging from slow snow to temperatures and wind - analyzed Dorothea speaking to physi.org and to various televisions - We have seen many girls who struggled, it was not easy to manage and we were also lucky to find races with less wind than we expected. I am happy with the medal (his first at the individual level at the Games, ed), but it was very hard.
Too bad for today, I made too many mistakes at the shooting range even if I felt good on the track: it was a constant chase, it was not impossible but as mentioned I felt tired. The medal is the culmination of a wonderful career, everyone asked me for it and I really put my all into it and it went great, I couldn't do more than this ".
And then again, going into the details of a very complicated start to the Games: "The most difficult moment was the mixed relay, because I suffered a lot of wind and cold, I was not mentally ready for these conditions and in addition the track was very difficult, with a lot of ice, that was a traumatic start. The level was very high, with many athletes who can compete for the podium and the biggest difference was on the materials, which obviously gave you an extra boost. We were average, but the races are done a lot on the shooting range where some days we worked very well, while others we did less well. It is part of high-level sport ".
The gaze is already on its future, with a question mark and a fairly clear answer regarding the Milan-Cortina 2026 Games, where biathlon competitions will be staged in his Antholz. “Every athlete's dream is to play the Olympics at home, but you have to be realistic. I don't know if I'll get there. We still have three weeks of the World Cup in which I can play for the specialty cup in the mass start and I would still like to confirm myself in the top positions of the general classification, then at the end of the season with the bowls stopped I will think about it ".
Dominik Windisch closed with a smile, fifth in a comeback mass start for the 2019 world champion. due to contact with a Canadian athlete. The shotgun broke a bit too, but luckily it didn't affect my shot, but every shot I made felt something was wrong. I managed to finish well, especially the last series and I could have finished even better.
I did a fairly solid Olympics in terms of results, unfortunately the medal was missing but as personal races I did well. There was hope and as long as there is this is positive, because we fought with the best. We are recovering well this week now, there will still be three more stages of the World Cup in which we will have to take advantage of this state of form, as the others are tired and we will have to hold on to do well ”.
HERE THE INTERVIEW RELEASED BY DOROTHEA WIERER TO THE EUROSPORT MICROPHONES
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