Lesser skip the stage of Pokljuka, Schempp only the sprint. Season over for Birnbacher

The German Ski Federation announced the names of the biathletes who take part in the seventh stage of the World Cup in Pokljuka. The most important news affecting the men's team.

Wednesday 5 March 2014 3 minutes reading time

Andreas Birnbacher announced that his season is already over. The thirty-two Bavarian revealed he did the math for the whole winter with'' a'' to resolve inflammation in his right ankle that will require surgery. '' The operation will be carried out in the coming days in Monaco of Bavaria. Returning to'' event Pokljuka, Germany has summoned 7 men. Simon Schempp in fact is struggling with an illness and could not participate in the sprint tomorrow. Worse is instead went to Erik Lesser, in turn unwell, which will have to forfeit the entire stage. The Olympic silver'''' s individual return to Kontiolahti. They then meet again in the World Cup Benedikt Doll and Johannes KÃ¼hn, lined up in fits and starts last season, as well as Florian Graf. Among women instead we opted for the reduced quota with the confirmation of the Olympic team with the exception of Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle. These detail the selected UOMINIBÃ–HM Daniel (1986) DOLL Benedikt (1990) GRAF Florian (1988) KÃœHN Johannes (1991) Arnd Peiffer (1987) SCHEMPP Simon (1988) [Only Mass Start] STEPHAN Christoph (1986) DONNEDAHLMEIER Laura (1993) HENKEL Andrea (1977) HILDEBRAND Franziska (1987) HINZ Vanessa (1992) Franziska Preuss (1994)

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