For Italy, the 2025 biathlon World Cup in Lenzerheide is not yet running. So far, the Azzurri has not yet shown a medal.
Even at the recent chasing races of the biathlon World Cup, no Italian and no Italian drove onto the podium.
Michela Carrara was eight eighth of the best Italian for women, and Tommaso Giacomel landed fifth in the men.
“I am satisfied with my race and with the fact that I was able to confirm my performance from the sprint,” said Carrara, who was already fifth in the sprint, to “Sportnews.Bz”.
The 27-year-old added: “These are the fruits of hard work that is behind us. And to be able to call up here, I’m all the more pleased. If I had told that before the World Cup.”
Giacomel was depressed after the second fifth place. “I’m a bit disappointed,” he admitted, explaining: “It was the first time that I had no strength today. So I’m sorry.”
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The 24-year-old nevertheless looked optimistically at the rest of the World Cup: “Twice fifth at a World Cup is not bad. Now let’s see what happens next week. There are still many races.”
Hofer puzzles about weak performance
In contrast, there is guesswork at Lukas Hofer. The 35-year-old veteran had not reached 16th place in the sprint, in the persecution he slipped to 20th place.
“Today it is difficult to classify my performance. I am not satisfied with how the race went. We have to analyze the reasons afterwards,” said Hofer.
The two-time sprint World Cup winner continued: “It is in the middle of the field, similar to the previous races this winter. Nothing earth-shattering. It was not good, it was not bad now we have to try to put all the puzzle pieces together so that in the end something better comes out. “