Tero Seppälä’s name is not on the start list.
The start of Tero Seppälä’s season has been challenging. Jussi Saarinen
Biathlon skier Tero Seppälä will not participate in Friday’s sprint race of the Biathlon World Cup in Hochfilzen, Austria.
Seppälä’s name does not appear on the start list of the competition. According to Yle’s information Seppälä has fallen ill. The absence of the sprint race also means missing Saturday’s pursuit.
At the season opener in Östersund, Sweden, Seppälä was 26th in the sprint race and fourth in the mixed relay.
Seppälä’s last season was successful. Cooperation in a mixed message Suvi Minkkinen went great with. The duo celebrated their victory in the World Cup mixed doubles relay in Oberhof in January, the pair was third in Pokljuka. In addition, the duo shot to victory in Stockholm’s lucrative non-World Cup biathlon event.
Illnesses are currently plaguing Finnish winter athletes. Ill for a long time Otto Invenius has missed the season opener. Also Suvi Leinamo has suffered from the flu.
On the cross-country side Amanda Saari and Krista Pärmäkoski have to miss the race weekend in Davos, Switzerland due to illness.