At the biathlon World Cup in Austria, the world’s best young talents are fighting for the medals. The Germans went away empty -handed at the junior’s sprint.
After surprise gold in the mixed, the German juniors ran significantly past the medals on Sunday (March 2, 2025) in constant rain in sprint over 7.5 kilometers. The best DSV ski hunter was Lotta de Buhr as seventh (1 error/+ 46.4 seconds).
The Austrian Anna Andexer came up on the wet, heavy route best and grabbed gold. With a penalty round, Andexer, who was already able to sniff World Cupluft, won in front of the Swede Sara Andersson (1 error/+ 8.9 seconds) and Amandine Mengin (France/+ 30.7 seconds/1 error). “Incredible. It feels cool”, said the newly baked world champion of the sports show. You just have “Your thing” Made, said Andexer, who also “felt really good” on the trail.
De Buhr was annoyed by mileage
De Buhr from SC Aising-Pang missed a better placement on the last shot. She cleared the first nine slices, the tenth didn’t want to fall. Because differently than in the individual was difficult on the route, the 21-year-old ran past the medals. “I am not satisfied. I am also a bit perplexed why things were not doing so well,” said de Buhr in the Sportschau interview.
The weather didn’t matter. This was more motivated. “I thought: ‘Now even more attack”“, said de Buhr, who was 18 seconds faster than her teammate Lea Zimmermann. The 20-year-old federal police from SC Partenkirchen also ran a mistake in ninth place.
Siegismund and Gallbronner in Top-20
Alma Siegismund (19/SSV Altenberg) also left a slice at the standing stop and was annoyed by the miss. The Saxon, who also did not feel baptized in the cross -country ski run, were not ready. Siegesmund was 2:11, 3 minutes slower than a Anddexer and landed in 18th place.
Charlotte Gallbronner (DAV Ulm) was a place behind. “I just have problems with the standing stop“, said Gallbronner, who was well in the race after the error-free lying attack, but wasted a top 10 result with two mistakes in the standing shooting.
18 decisions – Livestream at Sportschau.de
The World Cup runs until Wednesday, March 5, the seasons of the juniors are graduated. After the juniors’ sprint (from 4 p.m. in the livestream), the mass start decisions will continue on Monday. Sportschau.de also shows these two races in the stream.
In the mixed team, the Germans won surprisingly gold, and the DSV talents were still on the first medal. Top athletes Julia Tannheimer and Selina Grotian, who can still run with the juniors due to their age, are not at the start. Both were already there at the World Cup of the “big ones”.