Instead of a little bit, Hornig collects lots. Vita keeps me afloat, says Innkeeper

The best Schütze in Ruhpolding! This is how the announcer at the Vítězslav Hornig stadium greeted him when he was in a group of eleven biathletes arriving for the third shooting of the mass race. For the eight entries he had completed in the German centre up to that point, he had not failed once. And he added five more perfect hits in the ninth. It wasn't until the 10th that he was able to drop all the targets. Although he lost his podium chance…

Biathlete Vítězslav Hornig finished ninth in the mass start race at the World Cup in Ruhpolding. The 25-year-old Czech representative was even better after two errors in the final shooting. Michal Krčmář, who entered the race as a substitute, finished 27th with three errors. The first individual victory in the World Cup was won by Italian Tommaso Giacomel. The women's race was won by Swede Elvira Öbergová, while Tereza Voborníková finished sixte…