European champion Johanna Puff surprisingly makes her debut in a biathlon world championship in Lenzerheide. The 22-year-old from Bavaria was appointed by the German Ski Association for the individual for the singles on Tuesday (3:05 p.m./ZDF and Eurosport) in Switzerland. The more experienced Sophia Schneider (27), who has already won two World Cup medals with the season in the past, has to pause over 15 kilometers. Schneider had become World Cup eleventh in the sprint and had ranked 23rd in the persecution.
Puff recently won gold at the European Championship in Martell, but this event usually only takes part in the second biathlon series. In the World Cup, she was only in the German team at the start in the German team, but could not fulfill the World Cup standard in Finland. She also received her place in the World Cup squad because the Thuringian Vanessa Voigt had to stop her season prematurely because of an illness and the consequences.
The German contingent is listed in the individual of persecution world champion Franziska Preuss (30), who can win her fourth medal in Lenzerheide. In addition to Puff, Selina Grotian (20) and Julia Tannheimer (19) are also at the start.
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