Austria's men's relay misses Podest: Ninth place in Kontialahti!

Austria's men's relay misses Podest: Ninth place in Kontialahti!

In the first competition of the World Biathlon World Cup in Kontiolahti, the Austrian men showed a mixed performance. With a total of nine penalty rounds, the race for the ÖSV team, which finally took ninth place (0+7/+3: 39.6). The victory surprisingly went to the French, who have not been able to win in this discipline for over four years, while Norway and Sweden had places two and three income. Germany, which has been placed with two penalty rounds and nine loads, concluded the race to fourth place, such as Sport1.de reported.

The Austrians had to struggle in extreme conditions after the start runner David Komatz needed two reliefs when standing. Simon Eder managed to keep the deficit to just 16 seconds when handing over to Felix Leitner, but Leitner did not find the right rhythm and also had to accept a subsequent loader. In the end, the final runner Patrick Jakob continued and brought the team to ninth place. In the meantime, the German season grabbed fourth place with David Zobel, Johannes Kühn, Philipp Nawrath and Philipp Horn. Despite a solid shooting performance by Zobel, who remained error-free, the group could not catch up with the gap, such as laola1.at found.

developments in the women's relay

The female biathletes also compete in Kontialahti, with the ÖSV season only starting at 5:25 p.m. France will have to compete with women without the final runner Franziska Preuss, who is missing for health reasons. Vanessa Voigt will take over her position, while the last season of the first World Cup weekend keeps up the tension.