Dominik Windisch: "Fortunately Svendsen passed me!", KoukalovÃ¡: "On the third polygon my legs were shaking"

Here the athletes' statements and athletes climb on the podium in today's pursuits of Oberhof.

Saturday 7 January 2017 6 minutes reading time

Martin Fourcade: "Throughout my career I have had to make many difficult decisions as quelledi today. Sometimes it is better to wait for the wind to subside, as happened today. Every now rather regret the fact that he had fired rapidly, because the penalty loop is minire of evils. My goal was to stay calm. After the first shot I realized I had a chance to win. I am very happy to have found zero last polygon. My idol has always been PoirÃ©e Raphael, and I remember how he knew handle the polygon. If I was okay? Surely during the holidays my daughter helped me to recuperate after the efforts of December. " Arnd Peiffer: "I am very happy to be on the podium. On the last lap I have made just enjoyed, because I knew I had the lead. There is nothing better than a jaunt to the finish. I am very surprised that despite a double fault in feet to the fourth polygon managed to finish second. I also have no idea how Martin has made to shoot without penalty. My gun was moving all the time and I put a lot of us to properly aim at the targets " Dominik Windisch: "The ground I worked very clean, eliminating well in the heating and in the race I felt good. Standing in the wind was steady but strong, so I tried to stop and aim but it was impossible, so I said it was better keep a certain rhythm and all the shots, at least I saved time even though I missed a bit '' too. Nell''ultimo around felt that the German and Russian were catching up, when I saw Svendsen that was a bit '' plan I confronted, I also thought that I should not do this because I risked to pull the sprint. Fortunately the Norwegian has rehearsed a few hundred meters and I knew at that moment that I could beat him, in its place is not the 'I did. So I used the slipstream and in the sprint I did not miss the 'opportunity. the secret in my improvement is in shooting, the form of skiing is more or less the same as in previous years. Sunday in the mass start leaving for fun , knowing that it is my favorite distance. " Marie Dorin Habert, "I saw the race Martin Fourcade and inspired me, was simply outstanding, has proved so strong. Then he gave me confidence and I thought that today I would have won. I have not thought much about the tactics on the track, the only care was to try to stay with Kaisa beginning because I knew it was very strong. I felt less than usual pressure at the range and voila, a good result "has arrived. Gabriela KoukalovÃ¡: "At first polygon standing I was so nervous that my legs were literally shaking. I do not know if this has anything to do with the fact that the last two days has had trouble sleeping, it is not very nice to wake up and find that's four in the morning and could not go back to sleep " Kaisa MÃ¤kÃ¤rÃ¤inen: "I'm glad I did not have to pull up to the last lap. Last night they helped me massages, I tried to relax. I am always happy when I get on the podium, because it means you get a good result. Obviously I wanted to get the first win of the season and I thought now would be a good day. I felt I was still very tired, from the third lap before skiing became very heavy and I could not keep the pace I wanted. "

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