Sensation in Hochfilzen: Runggaldier takes bronze!

In Antholz, Alexia Runggaldier had already surprised even the boldest experts with third place in the individual competition. Now the 25-year-old from St. Christina has gone one better and caused an absolute sensation on the really big stage, the World Championships in Hochfilzen. She mixed up the crème de la crème of international biathlon in the individual competition over 15 kilometers and shocked the competition with the third-best time. Even losing his stick can't stop Runggaldier 0 mistakes in the first prone shooting, 0 mistakes in the standing shooting, 0 mistakes in the second prone shooting, 0 standing mistakes - Runggaldier was unstoppable on this spring afternoon at the biathlon center in Tyrol's Pillerseetal. With her 20 hits at the shooting range, she laid the foundation for winning a medal. Even a mishap right before the last shooting couldn't throw her off course: she lost a stick, had to stop and finally get back up to speed with a loss of about ten seconds. Undeterred, she sprinted across the finish line with the third best time. Dahlmeier for third Only the two exceptional athletes Laura Dahlmeier and Gabriela Koukalova were faster than Runggaldier. The 23-year-old German secured her third gold medal in Hochfilzen, almost 25 seconds ahead of the Czech. In the end, Runggaldier was around 1:46 minutes behind Dahlmeier. However, Dorothea Wierer's individual race didn't go as planned. She made one mistake in each of the first three shooting sessions and thus took herself out of the race for the medal places. In the end, Wierer was 3:33 minutes behind and in 16th place. Federica Sanfilippo had to settle for 54th place after five missed shots. The fourth Azzurra in the group, Lisa Vittozzi, took 36th place. On Thursday the World Cup program in Hochfilzen continues with the men's individual competition. Results Biathlon World Championships in Hochfilzen (AUT): Individual competition women (15 km) 1. Laura Dahlmeier (GER) 41:31,1 minutes (1 shooting errors) 2. Gabriela Koukalova (CZE) +24,7 (1) 3. Alexia Runggaldier (ITA/St. Christina) +1:45,6 (0) 4. Mari Laukkanen (FIN) +1:56,8 minutes (1) 5. Ekaterina Avvakumova (KOR) +2:03,6 (0) 6. Susan Dunkele (USA) +2:06,8 (2) 7. Maren Hammerschmid (GER) +2:27,5 (2) 8. Vanessa Hinz (GER) +2:45,5 (2) 9. Yuliia Dhzima (UKR) +2:46,1 (2) 10. Olena Pidhrushna (UKR) +2:54,6 (2) ... 16. Dorothea Wierer (ITA/turf) +3:33,3 (3) 36. Lisa Vittozzi (ITA) +4:20,9 (3) 54. Federica Sanfilippo (ITA/Ridnaun) +6:30,5 (5) SN/Alexander Foppa

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Sensation in Hochfilzen: Runggaldier takes bronze!

The first South Tyrolean precious metal at the Biathlon World Championships has been won. However, it was not the highly hyped Dorothea Wierer who made it to the podium in the individual competition, but Alexia Runggaldier. Her performance was simply outstanding.

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