Biathlon world champion Justine Braisaz-Bouchet steals the show!

Biathlon world champion Justine Braisaz-Bouchet steals the show!

Lenzerheide, Schweiz - in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Justine Braisaz-Bouchet caused a sensation with her first World Cup gold in the sprint! The 28-year-old French woman secured the title with an impressive performance and a runtime that she brought to the finish line for 9.8 seconds before the German World Cup leader Franziska Preuss. Despite a mistake when shooting, this had to be satisfied again with silver and now holds six World Cup silver medals, such as laola1.at Bronze went to the Finnish athlete Suvi Minkkinen, who completed the podium without any failure.

Austria's athletes disappoint

The Austrians, on the other hand, could not convince. Lisa Hauser, her team's best athlete, landed in 26th place - far from the medal opportunities. "I bitten well. You should have shooted zero, then a window would have been open," Hauser commented on the predicament in the wind and on the track. Anna Gandler and Tamara Steiner took place 33 and 35, while the World Cup debutant Anna Andexer even reached the 58th Position with three shooting errors, according to the Kleine Zeitung .

On Saturday, the men's sprint follows, in which there are little chance of top positions for the Austrian athletes. The focus is now on dealing with the experiences from the women's competition and better cutting off in the chasing race of the next few days.