Biathlon: Lisa Hauser shines despite mistakes - strong start of the season!

Biathlon: Lisa Hauser shines despite mistakes - strong start of the season!

In an exciting start of the biathlon season in Kontiolathi, Finland, Tyrolean Lisa Hauser demonstrated impressive performance in the first individual race over 12.5 kilometers. She secured sixth place and thus drawn a positive conclusion: "It was a very cool start for me and with just one mistake at the shooting range I am really happy," she said euphorically. The 30-year-old completed the race without errors in the first recovery shooting, but had to accept a mistake at the standing shooting, which led to a gap of 1: 23.0 minutes to the winner Lou JeanMonnot-Laurent from France, who celebrated her fifth World Cup victory with a flawless time of 35: 5.3 minutes and left the competition behind how laola1.at reported .

At the same time, Lisa-Theresa Hauser, 28-year-old world champion from 2021, had to accept a more disappointing performance at the first individual race over 15 kilometers. After an error-free lying attack, she shot next to it three times and in the end only took 17th place, with a gap of almost two and a half minutes to the German winner Denise Herrmann. "Of course, you don't talk about the front places with three mistakes," said Hauser, but remained optimistic: "The race is confident because it went well." Your next medal opportunities await in the sprint, in the persecution and in the mass start, such as Kurier.at reported .

hiring and competition

In addition, other Tyrolean athletes provided mixed results. While Anna Gandler closed with a 35th place (three errors) and a gap of 3: 29.6 minutes, Lea Rothschopf lined up in 48th place with two errors and 3: 55.7 minutes behind. Dunja Zdouc finished 61st with three mistakes and 4: 38.8 minutes behind. Kristina Oberthaler