Biathlon queen Laura Dahlmeier sees herself on her way to the top after her mixed individual results in Hochfilzen:”This was my first position determination, and above all the relay team gave me self-confidence for the next races,” said the 24-year-old before the World Cup in Annecy from Thursday to Sunday.
She went on to say:”I know that I’m not yet where I would like to be. But it’s moving step by step in the right direction.”
Dahlmeier was at the start of the Olympic season in the Sprint 16. have become. In the pursuit she had finished tenth. With the relay, the seven-time World Champion won her first victory on Sunday.
Franziska Preuß (Haag) belongs to the line-up of the German Ski Association, which sends twelve athletes to France for the third World Cup of the winter. The 23-year-old had to cancel the race in Hochfilzen because of a cold.
The women’s and men’s sprint races will take place in Annecy on Thursday and Friday. On Saturday the pursuit is on the agenda, on Sunday the mass start.
Laura Dahlmeier (Partenkirchen), Maren Hammerschmidt (Winterberg), Denise Herrmann (Oberwiesenthal), Franziska Hildebrand (Clausthal-Zellerfeld), Vanessa Hinz (Schliersee), Franziska Preuß (Haag), Benedikt Doll (Breitnau), Johannes Kühn (Riding in Winkl), Erik Lesser (Franconia), Philipp Nawrath (Nessel)