After the performance of the women on Tuesday in difficult, windy conditions, the men’s first individual race of the season awaits in Östersund. Only four Czech representatives will start, with the recovered Jonáš Mareček joining them after missing the opening relay due to a cold. However, Jakub Štvrtecký will be spared due to minor health complications.
“He didn’t even train on Monday. It wouldn’t make sense. We’d rather save him for Saturday’s sprint,” explained men’s coach Michael Málek on the Czech biathlon website, adding that he is pleased with Mareček’s recovery. “Feeling better and better,” he said.
Michal Krčmář, who started the season with his teammates in seventh place in the relay, will be the first to set off on the twenty-kilometer long track at 15:40 with starting number 20. “Of course, it can always be better, but we fell a little short. After the first section of the men’s relay, we were almost afraid that they wouldn’t pull us back, but the boys fought it out relatively well. And they had the sixth runner. mikuláš also managed the single mix,” assessed coach Málek after the first weekend of the biathlon series.
Three and a half minutes after Krčmář, the recovered Jonáš Mareček will start the race with number 27, and at 15:49 with number 38, last season’s standout performer Vítězslav Hornig will begin, after taking fifth place in Sunday’s mixed relay alongside Krčmář, Terezá Voborníková, and markéta davidová. Hornig was slowed by cramps on the first stage of the last lap. “I wasn’t able to engage my legs at all. I hope it doesn’t happen on Wednesday in the….”