Hermann-Wicke Wins Sprint Stage in Norway

Moscow, March 18 – German athlete Denise Hermann Wieck won the sprint at the final stage of the World Cup in Holmenkollen, Norway.

Hermann-Wick ran a distance of 7.5 km in 21 minutes 6.5 seconds without missing a single shot at the shooting range. The second and third places were taken by Swede Hannah Oberg (+3.5 seconds, 0 errors) and Anna Magnusson (+33.1, 0).

The leader of the overall World Cup standings, Frenchwoman Julie Simon, showed the fifth result (+39.3, 1).

The International Biathlon Union (IBU) Congress in September 2022 endorsed the suspension of Russian and Belarusian athletes from international competitions until further notice amid the situation in Ukraine.