Dampers for Austria's biathletes: Weak results in Hochfilzen!
Dampers for Austria's biathletes: Weak results in Hochfilzen!
A disappointing Sunday for the Austrian biathletes at the home World Cup in Hochfilzen: The women's relay only fought 13th place, while the men's quartet with 14th place was even worse. Despite a good shootout result - without penalty rounds and only seven reliefs, the second best result in the 22 nations - the gap to the victorious French was over five minutes. France won with a total time of 0+10 penalty rounds, while Norway, after a decisive mistake by Vebjörn Sörum, took second place and Sweden completed the podium, the colleagues from Laola1 .
In contrast, the German Franziska Preuss was able to triumpy in the women's sprint, which took place on Friday. She prevailed against strong competition and took first place. The best Austrian athlete was the 21-year-old Anna Andexer, who was shooting with a flawless shooting and the 25th place was doing well. At her side, Anna Gandler and ex-world champion Lisa Hauser placed on the 27th and 34th places. In this competition, which took place in front of an impressive backdrop of 7,500 spectators, the Norwegian Johannes Thingnes Bö was victorious among men. Preuss, who was back on the top podium for the first time in two years, was happy about her victory, as Nön reported.The next big event for the athletes is already at the corner: Shortly before Christmas, the next World Cup will take place in Annecy-Le Grand Bornand, where the male sprint is on the plan on Thursday.
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