Eder and Hauser start strong, but miss the podium at the World Cup!

Eder and Hauser start strong, but miss the podium at the World Cup!

At the start of the Biathlon World Cup in Östersund, the two ÖSV stars Lisa Hauser and Simon Eder had to be content with fifth place in the single mixed relay. Although Eder started perfectly and initially put his team in the lead, they had a total of ten misses in the crucial phase of the race. Ultimately, Hauser was only 15 seconds short of the podium, which was taken by the French team with Julia Simon and Fabien Claude vienna.at reported.

Hauser commented optimistically on the result: “That was a really cool start, and with this fourth place we can start the new season well.” Still, it was disappointing for the duo to miss out on the podium. Eder added that they had one of their best performances in shooting technique in the single mixed competition. The Norwegians won the race clearly, even without their old stars Johannes Thingnes Bö and Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, and trumped the Swedish local heroes Sebastian Samuelsson and Hanna Öberg, who contested the race with 8 spares. Despite their challenges in the mixed relay competition, the duo is optimistic about the upcoming races, which will take place on Sunday for women and men, reported oe24.at.