Austria's biathletes disappoint: only places six and eight in high felts!

Austria's biathlon team had a mixed end of the home world cup in Hochfilzen on Sunday. While the women's relay by Tamara Steiner, Anna Gandler, Anna Juppe and Lisa Hauser collected important points again with a sixth place, the men disappointed and only ended up in eighth place. The Norwegians again set standards and won both in the women's and men's relay, such as tt.com reported .

The women started strongly, with Steiner lying a solid corner without bad shots, while Gandler held the fifth position with a decisive mileage. However, Hauser was dissatisfied with her performance because she had to work on her form. "Sixth place was our goal, but my race was not good," said Hauser, emphasizing the importance of not getting his head hanging. Her teammates of the men's relay, consisting of Dominic Unterweger, David Komatz, Felix Leitner and Patrick Jakob, were much more difficult. They were already behind the competition at the beginning and despite all efforts, they were only able to reach eighth place, reports laola1.at .

criticism of the men's relay

The men's relay started promising, but Jakob failed at the decisive standing shooting and missed valuable places. "Unfortunately, standing shooting went completely in the pants. Of course, three rounds are a disaster," he admitted after the competition. The Norwegians, led by the Brothers Bö, clearly won and once again demonstrated their dominance. In a total of five competitions of the World Cup, the Norwegians are unchallenged by France and Germany with 180 points, while Austria's men are in fifth place with 84 points.

ÖSV trainer Vegard Bitnes was still optimistic: "We are not quite where we want to go, but I am convinced that we will run faster at the next stations." The path to the 2025 World Cup in Lenzerheide leads through hard training that is now necessary to improve the services. The next World Cup races are already in shape on Friday, where Austria will do everything possible.