Disease-related setbacks: Biathlon hope Gandler continues to fight!

The Austrian biathlete Anna Gandler, who has established herself as a great hopeful team in the women's team, faces the challenge of her first world biathlon championship in Lenzerheide. The 24-year-old has already celebrated some successes this season, but health setbacks cloud their expectations. After an exhausting training camp in Antholz, which she had to cancel prematurely due to illness, she travels with subdued goals. She says: "It wasn't a bad thing, but I couldn't train as intended", and expects a difficult competition. their chances of a top position are reduced in view of their health problems. Gandler hopes for top 15 results, but wishes that she can still be surprised.

Gandler has presented itself positively in her previous World Cup operations. In Hochfilzen, she scored her first World Cup points with 30th place in the persecution. In Le Grand-Bornand, she narrowly missed a top 10 result with a 20th place in the sprint and landed in the chasing on 11th place. Despite a small setback in Pokljuka, where she started sick, she reared up and wants to recall her best in Ruhpolding, as well as the Heimatsport website. She has great courage and combative spirit, which she also learned from her friend Émilien Claude, who has successfully returned from his own crisis.

sporting ambitions and personal goals

The 22-year-old Innsbrucker has set herself ambitious goals after she has been dreaming of becoming world champion and Olympic champion since the age of six. These ambitions are now on the test bench in the upcoming competitions in Ruhpolding and Antholz. Gandler, who is supported by her father Markus Gandler, a former ÖSV racing sports director, remains modest despite the increased expectations. She would like to gain experience and knows that she gains confidence with every competition. "I do it step by step and enjoy it now," she emphasizes.