Biathlon World Cup: Austria scraps past sensation

Austria’s women’s relay was only 5.6 seconds on bronze at the World Cup in Lenzerheide.

Austria Women’s relay Has on Saturday with the Biathlon World Championships in Lenzerheide in the absence of Anna Gandler the excellent fourth place done and even fought for bronze. The quartet Lea Rothschopf, Lisa Hauser, Tamara Steiner and Anna Anna After the 4 by 6 kilometers with a total of a penalty round and five relays, only 5.6 seconds were missing on bronze. Gold went to France after 1: 07: 23.9 hours ahead of Norway and Sweden.

This performance was completely unexpected by Austria due to the failure of Gandler. Even Hauser had meant before the race that one was not a medal candidate in the current form. But thanks to very good firing performance and also outstanding mileage, there were different from Hauser and Andexer. Rothschopf had to be comforted “It was brazen, I have to say. It is unique to stand here with a fourth place, it is very good for me, ”said Hauser. In the ORF interview, she said that she almost enjoyed the result of the team, while Rothschopf had to be comforted because of the somewhat failed standing shooting. “It was a huge honor, unfortunately I forgot it,” said the starting runner. The head then played a role. “I always shot really well in training, so it hurts all the more that it didn’t look at it.”

The final runner Andexer even had the medal in mind. “It’s a shame that the few seconds are missing on bronze, but I am completely proud that Franzi (Franziska Preuß/Ger) no longer caught up with me,” said Andexer. Nobody in the ÖSV team had expected that Germany would be left behind at the World Cup. So you even equalized the best World Cup relay result for women for the ÖSV. With 1: 50.1 minutes behind the French world champions, but only 5.6 on the bronze Swedes.