Most people, have to win the Olympic medals in the somewhat inappropriate the biathlon sport two extraordinary abilities - are talented skiers and excellent target shooters.
Germany's Magdalena Neuner, who won a silver medal in the Sprint 7.5 km Saturday and who will Tuesday compete in the 10 km pursuit, has taken a different and considerably more difficulties, approach, sports.
It is fast as heck on skis to get if you picks up a gun but out of the way.
In the past four years on the World Cup tour that shooting percentage woman Neuner - has the rate at which proposes goals - about 10 percentage points ranged from 73% to 78%, lower than the other top biathletes at the World Cup circuit. Mrs Neuner has special problems shoot from the standing position where no more than 65% of the objectives took four years. Lying your percentages down, ranging from 85% to 91%.
TKTK Magdalena Neuner Germany compete in the women 7.5 km Sprint biathlon Sunday where you took the silver medal.Such uncertainty can cause serious problems. For each of the five objectives a biathlete goal during a shooting game, have a humiliating round to a 150 M penalty loop cost valuable time in the race. The only reason the 23-year-old woman Neuner (rhymes with "Joiner") has a shot at each Medal is that you by far the fastest skiers on the women side of the event. It is so fast that Germany's regular cross country team relay next week skiing wants you.
During Saturday's target missed event, Mrs Neuner, during your second round of shooting send the penalty loop and costs approximately 10 seconds. Seven minutes later you crossed the line and crashed into the snow, gasp for air. She had finished in second place, only 1.5 seconds behind the winner ultimate gold medal, Anastazia Kuzmina of the Slovakia. Mrs Neuner had completed two clean laps of the track would have won go away.
Mrs Neuner "I that a target missed," said after the race, "but then I met four more." With a more accurate shot the fact that you have won gold, could seemed not to discourage you. "It is a silver medal," she added, "It is great."
During the season 2008-09 women Neuner's struggles on the firing range Germany where a big celebrity is an opera of SOAP. Some have asked why you not just bag biathlon skiing and exclusively in the focus. But biathlon competitions the third most popular sport in Germany, football and formula one races with televised every weekend during the winter. Biathletes take money and sponsorship in more than $1 million per year. Cross-country skiers significantly less to make and receive far less exposure and recognition.
A six world champion individual distances and relays, Mrs Innsbruck is one of the stars of the German national team. Blond and blue-eyed with a broad smile telegenic woman Neuner was called newspaper "our biathlon beauty" from Germany's image. German news led news of her silver medal Sunday reports although many German fans were disappointed that you missed gold only 1.5 seconds. In Whistler, British Columbia, where skiing take place, a pack of a dozen German sports journalists you follow every move.
"Very impressed I the way that operates, your sport and your country," said Thomas de Maizière, Germany's Minister of Home Affairs. "And to think it is only 23." "That makes her special."
Mrs Neuner and their coach say it has no physical or technical problems and the problems in your head. During a week-long training in Sonthofen, Germany, which focused on the shoot, made a Riflery specialist a minor adjustment in the position of the right leg, place it directly behind her left leg to the area. Other than the said team spokesman Stefan Black Creek, head coach Uwe Mussiggang told just to relax you.
To do this woman Neuner has spent countless hours in what you called "mental training" with a psychologist. Meetings continue during the Olympic Games from 6,000 miles away. Mr Black Creek said he went in Mrs Neuner room of the other night and said the Internet video service, to her psychologist on Skype.
Mrs Neuner said her psychologist first ordered it, change your mindset on the shooting range embrace rather than fear it and smile when your gun takes. "Last year, when I would get it I would think ' Oh, no,' and I would be nervous." But this year I do the shooting and I get lucky when I am ", she said."
Mrs Neuner has learned to control your breathing and visualize each target hit before you pulling the trigger. As you the last stretch of the course in the shooting range ski, slows down your breaths and starts to hit the goal. The cries of the crowd and the omnipresent sound of clinking begin cowbells to disappear. "I hear you if I on the track, but never when I click on the area", she said. "I dont think the press or the masses or the other leaders of the race." Focuses only on me. "Once I see the objectives I tune view you out."
So far the changes have risen slowly and steadily, produced as Neuner's wife who share at times shooting in the 1980s of in the competition this season progress, although if you win often despite you shoot it rather than because of it, and ski you further than anyone else on the podium.
Last month in Antholz South Tyrol in Italy, for example, Mrs Neuner 7.5 and 15 kilometres, won races, although in the 15 km race you missed more goals than any of the next five finisher. In the 7.5 km race, one of the 10 goals missed you. No missed the second and third place finisher. In a 10 km race weekend you four missed 20 targets, and still managed, second exit.
And yet, true to your new positive Outlook, Mrs Neuner allows your everyone this get down.
"I know that I can now shoot," she said Saturday night in Germany House in Whistler your silver sitting at your fingertips.
"Last year was difficult, but I have a U-turn and now I'm going to all to show that I can shoot now." May I make an error sometimes, but it is a good feeling for the shoot now, "she said."
-Matthew Karnitschnig contributed to this article.
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