Biathlon: Julian Eberhard says goodbye to the Olympics. And Jacquelin leaves Anterselva prematurely

The Austrian should have returned to the Italian stage of CdM, but physical troubles after the fall of Oestersund forced him to raise the white flag also for the Beijing Games.

Friday 21 January 2022 3 minutes reading time

Julian Eberhard closes the season early, plagued by physical troubles. The fracture in the rib remedied in Oestersund ruined the entire year of the Austrian biathlete, who stopped with the hope of being able to return to the second half of the season. The pain, however, is not sufficiently diminished to allow him to return in complete tranquility; no stage in Anterselva and the decision that leads him to say goodbye to the Olympics. “Since the fall of Oestersund, I have fought hard to return to the World Cup and also to keep my hope of participating in the Olympic Games alive. Unfortunately, I am not completely without problems yet, ”he told Salzburg24. The man from Salzburg was enrolled in the startlist of the 20 km staged yesterday, the last hope to return to the races, but now healing is a top priority. Eberhard took fourth place in the Sprint, sixth in the mass start and another fourth in the relay at the last Olympic Games in Korea in 2018. Emilien Jacquelin leaves Anterselva, after having participated in a very difficult Individual in terms of performance on skis (despite the 10th place finish): one of the great protagonists of the season, leader of the World Cup until overtaking and extending the compatriot Fillon Maillet with the first stages of 2022, according to what the French federation announced today, will train at high altitude to recover the best condition in view of Beijing, thus avoiding competing in the weekend between mass start and relay.

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