ÖSV biathlon star Hauser: As half Swiss at the home World Cup

Die Austrian biathlete goes his own way in training and has already done so two years ago joined the Swiss team.

Costs in the five-figure range

The ÖSV tolerates this solo effortbut the 31-year-old has to pay for the courses herself. “But I’m happy to take this risk if I have a good season and enough prize money comes in.”

The low five-digit euro amount that the external preparation with the Swiss Trainer Sandra Flunger Hauser already has the costs in his pocket before the sprint race on Friday at the home World Cup in Hochfilzen (2:15 p.m.).

30,000 euros in prize money

With her victory in the pursuit race in Östersund and fourth place in the sprint, the Kitzbühel native earned 30,000 euros.

But the prize money is for them World champion of 2021 just a positive side effect anyway. “It’s good when you’re back on the podium. And of course it’s a satisfaction when it works and turns out like that.”

Confirmation

This first World Cup victory in almost three years was the sporting confirmation that Lisa-Theresa Hauser so longed for.

With theirs three World Cup medals (2021) and the Victory in the individual overall World Cup the Tyrolean set the bar so high that suddenly even top results were only interpreted as mediocre.

“Last winter I was in the top 15 15 times and finished the World Cup in eleventh place. Nevertheless, I always received a bit of criticism. Then suddenly that was no longer worth anything,” remembers the 31-year-old.

These sometimes bitter experiences also awakened Lisa-Theresa Hauser’s ambition. During the preparation, the experienced Tyrolean sharpened her senses once again Focus on standing shooting placed.

30 shots on target

Hauser has always been considered a master shooter, but in recent winters there have been repeated problems with her annoying careless mistakes crept in.

“As a young athlete, you have this don’t-give-a-fuck mentality and just go for it, unfortunately this looseness is lost as you get older,” she says Winner of six World Cup races.

“If you want to be at the front, the shooting range has to be zero.”

At the World Cup opener in Östersund Hauser had adjusted her sights perfectly. The 31-year-old remained flawless in both the sprint and the pursuit – that’s 30 direct hits in a row.

Home curse

The local hero would like to repeat this successful run this weekend Home World Cup in Hochfilzen prolong

But in the past, things often backfired for Lisa-Theresa Hauser, especially in front of her own audience. An eighth place was the highest feeling in all these years.

“Even though I know the shooting range inside and out, it has cost me a lot of nerves over the past few years,” says Hauser.