Overview
- Journalist Taufig Khalil’s Bock auf Biathlon was released on November 5 and includes one of Dahlmeier’s final interviews, with excerpts circulated to t-online ahead of publication.
- Dahlmeier recalls collapsing from exhaustion at the 2017 World Championships in Hochfilzen and says she focused on survival as the team doctor worked to stabilize her circulation.
- She says coaches and the team physician initially opposed her starting the mass start, but she insisted, pledged to stop if necessary, emphasized she bore the risk, and then won a fifth gold.
- She describes climbing Nepal’s Ama Dablam twice within three days in autumn 2024, unintentionally setting a record, before deciding after two days’ rest to go again alone.
- Reports reiterate that she died in July 2025 during a Laila Peak expedition in Pakistan after a rockfall, with the new material highlighting how her self‑assessment guided high‑risk choices.