Biathlon: Hildebrand and Lesser join Schalke for the fourth time

Franziska Hildebrand (Clausthal-Zellerfeld) and Erik Lesser (Frankenhain) will take their first victory at the World Team Challenge of the biathletes at Schalke.

As the organizers announced on Wednesday, the Relay World Champion and the Olympic runners-up from Sochi will take part in the World Championships on 28.December for the fourth time in Gelsenkirchen.The second German team has not yet been decided.

Hildebrand and Lesser took second place last year behind Simon Schempp (Uhingen) and Vanessa Hinz (Schliersee).