Anna Andexer inspires at the home World Cup in Hochfilzen!
Anna Andexer inspires at the home World Cup in Hochfilzen!
In the first competition of the home World Cup in Hochfilzen, the Austrian biathletes suffered a bitter disappointment. The best athlete in the sprint over 7.5 kilometers was the 21-year-old Anna Andexer, who took 25th place at her World Cup debut with a flawless shooting. The victory went to the German Franziska Preuß, who was swept back onto the top podium with bright weather after being waiting for over 2000 days. "I would not have believed that I could do it that way," said Andexer, while the other Austrian athletes, Anna Gandler and ex-world champion Lisa Hauser, ended up in places 27 and 34, as the krone reported.
ÖSV tactics in the persecution
On Saturday, the persecution follows over 10 kilometers, where the Austrian trio is in a lurk position. Andexer starts with a gap of 1: 07.6 minutes, while Gandler and Hauser 1: 09.3 minutes and 1: 17.0 minutes lag behind, which makes hunting exciting for the top positions. Hauser was a bit disappointed with her result: "Thank God I succeeded in standing the nuller, otherwise it would have been a miserable race," said the athlete. Johannes Thingnes Bö from Norway showed an outstanding performance in the male sprint over 10 kilometers and also secured the first win of the season, reports the dolomitenstadt .
The IBU Cup took place in Obertilliach in parallel to the World Cup, where Andexers again drew attention to itself. In the sprint over 7.5 kilometers she came to sixth place - only 22.3 seconds behind the winner Stefanie Scherer from Germany. Andexers were only four seconds for the podium, which, despite difficult running conditions, considered them as a solid performance. "Running was really a notor for", she described the weather -specific challenges. The high competition is also evident in the IBU Cup: Martin Uldal prevailed in the male sprint and thus dethroned the previous winner Mats Oezury from Norway.| Details | |
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| Ort | Hochfilzen, Österreich |
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