Women 7.5 km Sprint Competition

Germany’s Denise Herrmann-Wick’s confident clean shooting keyed her second career IBU World Championship Gold medal, taking the women’s 7.5 km sprint this afternoon in Oberhof. Hermann-Wick, who won the 2019 WCH pursuit Gold medal, came into these home BMW IBU WCH with high expectations, stating a few weeks ago the sprint Gold “would be cool.” Today, she delivered with her standard fast skiing over the last loop, pulling away from and holding off Sweden’s Hanna Oeberg who also shot clean, but finished 2.2 seconds back with the Silver medal. Oeberg’s teammate Linn Persson, also shot clean, claiming her first-ever individual IBU WCH medal in the Bronze spot, 26.2 seconds back.