In the biathlon men’s pursuit race at the World Cup in Lenzerheide, a potential danger was seen, from which the cool-headed Norwegian survived with honor, even reaching the World Cup podium for the first time.
In the Biathlon Men’s Pursuit World Cup on Saturday in Switzerland, Norway advanced overwhelmingly to victory Johannes Thingnes Bö. The best Finn was 32nd Otto Inveniuswho was 2 minutes and 55 seconds behind the leader.
However, the headlines of the competition were stolen by Bö’s compatriot, who took second place and reached the podium of the World Cup for the first time Endre Strömsheimwhose performance at the last shooting location was so exceptional that it had to be reviewed afterwards by the competition jury.
In the last shooting location, Endre Strömsheim dropped his gun’s magazine over the bench, causing a potential danger.
In a tight spot, Strömsheim took off his skis and put the fishing rod in his hand. He missed by one shot amid his flashes, but still took second in the final stretch, reaching the podium for the first time in his career.
“He had clearly read the rulebook”
Urheilu’s biathlon expert Kaisa Mäkäräinen figured out a strange and strange thing.
– Afterwards, the jury had also met on the matter and considered that Strömsheim acted correctly. He didn’t go over its front edge himself – other than with his hand. He didn’t endanger himself, and you can take off your skis on the carpet, as long as you don’t shoot without the skis on. Everything went right for that and the barrel was facing the boards all the time.
The jury felt that there was no danger in the situation.
– It didn’t seem like such a wild situation to me, everything was right. Athletes generally know how to handle a gun even in such special situations. The IBU has been refining its rules all the time when these special situations sometimes come up. This was quite a rare situation, but the athlete had clearly read the rulebook when he knew how to act correctly, Mäkäräinen analyzed.
The young Norwegian only joined the World Cup circus last spring.
– Strömsheim showed the whole world how cold-headed the competitor is. Always kept his focus on the right things and followed the rules in an emergency, praised Mäkäräinen.