The Tyrolean improved from 18th place to sixth place with just one miss (+1: 21.9 min.), Her closer compatriot ran with starting number 50 with two penalties to 16th position (+1.43.2). The victories went to Marte Olsbu Röiseland (NOR) and the new World Cup leader Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA).
In his third win in a row in this discipline, Fillon Maillet prevailed 9.9 seconds ahead of Swede Sebastian Samuelsson (1 miss) despite two penalties. Russian sprint winner Alexander Loginow had victory in mind until the last shooting. But because of three misses, the lead of one minute to the finish turned into a deficit of 18.5 seconds. That resulted in fifth place.
Röiseland, on the other hand, retained first place in the fuel competition. The World Cup leader recorded her fourth success in the last six races 33.4 seconds ahead of Hanna Öberg (SWE), who also recorded two misses. Hauser summed up with satisfaction after the successful advance into the top field. “Today I clearly did the race at the shooting range, because I couldn’t always keep up with the others on the track,” said the vice-world champion.
The running strong Leitner was happy about a “very good” race. Simon Eder from Salzburg, who had finished second in the single mixed relay with Lisa Hauser the day before, decided not to start after finishing 55th in the sprint.
Source: Nachrichten
