Mari Eder’s anger erupted into a top performance in the vertical position – the Finnish golden finger in the background of the world champions

Men’s joint start race on TV2, Areena, app and Urheilu’s website on Sunday at 1:25 p.m., women’s race at 4:10 p.m.

– There were a few misses, too many spare cartridges and there were small ski slips, Urheilu’s expert Ville Kotikumpu summed up the message of Finnish women.

Finland’s performance in the women’s relay was twofold. Suvi Minkkinen and Mari Eder carried the message forward perfectly, until the problems started in the vertical position of the third leg.

Fighting for fifth place Nastassia Kinnusella it was difficult and he had to go to the penalty ring. And that’s not all.

Shortly after this, Kinnunen fell and the athlete’s ski came off.

Kinnunen had to look for it for a long time. A lot of time was wasted.

– Everything went wrong, Kinnunen stated.

Erika Jänkä was in an unoccupied place on the anchor section. He brought Finland to the finish line in 13th place.

Finland also had troubles in the last exchange. Jänkä got stuck in the snow when Kinnunen was about to send him on his way.

The Finnish handprint in the championship

Like the men’s relay, the championship was decided in the last vertical position. Italy was at the top Lisa Vittozzi quickly shook all the blades down, while the German anchor With Denise Herrman-Wick wasted a lot of time in the last place. Vittozzi started towards the finish line 31 seconds ahead of Germany.

Italy eventually won by a margin of 24.7 seconds. Sweden took bronze after Germany. were in the Italian team Dorothea Wierer, Hannah Auchentaller, Lisa Vittozzi and Samuel Comola.

The background of the Italian championship is Finnish know-how, as the head coach of the Italian women’s biathlon team is Jonne Kähkönen. The championship is one of the brightest star moments of Kähkönen’s career.

Italy have been rejuvenating their squad recently.

– All year we have talked about the fact that when we rejuvenate the team, the relay is a good place for young people to succeed, Kähkönen told Urheilu.

Kähkönen time to celebrate the championship with an Italian sparkling drink.

– Pretty quickly after that we return to the routine, because tomorrow is a big day ahead, Kähkönen referred to the mass departures held on Sunday.

Eder’s anger erupted in the upright position

Suvi Minkkinen, who finished eighth in the normal course of the World Championships, shot for sure and had to rely on only one spare cartridge. He led Finland in the lead after the first shooting position.

– There was nothing more surprising about it. It’s been a couple of years since the bow got up from the berth. It was a more exciting place then, but now there was no confusion.

In the second leg, Mari Eder was in a good mood. In the prone position, he had to use all three spare cartridges, but in the upright position, he shot all the targets down in a quick shoot of just over 20 seconds.

– It must have been a week and a half of anger and frustration, Eder snorted.

The World Cup has been difficult for Eder. Eder didn’t exactly tear up after his relay part either.

– It was quite similar to what has been here. The best legs and performances in February were in Italy.

– Now we tried to go two days without picking up a gun. Lying down shooting was difficult, but there was good will standing up. I wanted to end the World Championships with a good performance, commented Eder.

The Biathlon World Cup ends on Sunday with the joint start races. The top 30 get into them based on the success of the World Cup and the World Championships. Therefore, Finns were able to participate in the men’s 15 km race Tero Seppäläthe Finns will see Suvi Minkkinen in the women’s 12.5 kilometer race.

Men’s joint start race on TV2, Areena, app and Urheilu’s website on Sunday at 1:25 p.m., women’s race at 4:10 p.m.