He was running for gold. But suddenly he did something unexpected [WIDEO]

Norway’s Johannes Thingnes Boe was unbeatable in the 12.5 km pursuit at the Biathlon World Championships and won the gold medal with a time of 33:34.5. The second place was taken by Sturla Holm Laegreid, who lost more than 71 seconds to Boe. The third was the Swede Sebastian Samuelsson with a loss of 1:54.1 to Johannes Thingnes Boe. The only Pole in the group was Jan Guńka, who took the 48th place with a loss of 6:13.9 and had five penalty rounds.

Boe celebrated the win before the finish line. He turned to the audience

Johannes Thingnes Boe did not miss a single shot at the shooting range and headed to the finish line of the pursuit race with a huge advantage. The 29-year-old allowed himself to celebrate another medal before crossing the finish line. The Norwegian biathlete stopped and got down on one knee. Then Boe turned towards the audience present at Oberhof and made a shooting gesture. “Boe won with such an advantage that he managed to… kneel before the finish line” – wrote the official TVP Sport profile.

Johannes Thingnes Boe won his third gold medal at this year’s Biathlon World Championships. Earlier, the Norwegian won the mixed relay and the 10 km sprint. Thus, Johannes Thingnes Boe won 15 gold medals at the world championships – earlier he won in Kontiolahti (2015), Oslo (2016), Ostersund (2019), Anterselvie (2020) and Pokljuka (2021). – Everything went perfectly. I had a special day to compete in M¦ – said Boe in an interview with Norwegian television TV2.

It is worth noting that the decision of the International Biathlon Union (IBU), which announced new starting quotas, gave the teams from the top 15 the opportunity to enter one more competitor. “It has never been clarified. It’s a shame,” Siegfried Mazet, the Norwegian coach, wrote on Twitter.