To put it bluntly, this guy needed complete calm on the range to show his best.
In the sprint, Botn had the fastest time over the distance, but there was no defeat like in the IBU Cup: Dale was 4 seconds behind, Ponsiluoma and Boe were 10 seconds behind. But they shoot much faster and more accurately. And with the Oberhof weather, everything went wrong in Botn. Only 26th place in the sprint.
The pursuit began immediately with a mistake, a false start, a 30-second penalty, 5 misses, and not the best time on the track. It is clear that with such results he won't remain in the Norwegian biathlon team.
But Botn, despite missing 3 races at the IBU Cup, is still the leader there.
Christiansen returns to the team.
