Completely voluntary: Zublasing foregoes the European Championship and Olympic chances

The title fights in Osijek will take place without Petra Zublasing. This means that it is also clear: the 31-year-old from Eppan will not travel to the Olympic Games in Tokyo, because the European Championships are the last European qualifying competition for the Olympics. “After the Olympics I’ll see what happens” Petra Zublasing Zublasing's decision to forego the European Championships and thus give up the Olympic opportunity was made in consultation with the association. Zublasing was not present at the Italian team's internal European Championship qualification in Bologna due to illness. She had recently received the corona vaccination and was then out of action for a few days. In addition, the former world champion has recently shifted her focus more and more to her second degree in Turin.

In the summer, Zublasing will complete her degree in illustration, the motivation at the shooting range was no longer there, Zublasing is planning life after her sports career. But the step towards the end of his career has not yet been completed. “After the Olympics, I’ll see what happens,” said the 2014 air rifle world champion. A role as a coach in the Italian team is also being discussed. Gambaro and Weithaler are at the start Without Zublasing, South Tyrol's European Championship hopes rest on Barbara Gambaro and Simon Weithaler. Both have recently shown strong performances; Italy has not yet won a single Olympic quota place for women, which is why the Tokyo chance is still alive, especially for Gambaro. The sports shooter from Silandro will be in action with the air rifle next Monday, and the small-caliber three-position fight is on the program on May 30th. Weithaler shoots out of competition with the air rifle, and on May 29th things get serious for the man from Naturns in the three-position fight.

Simon Weithaler (l.) and Barbara Gambato are traveling to Osijek, Petra Zublasing (middle) will pass.

However, even with a top performance, the ticket for Tokyo seems out of reach for the South Tyroleans. Italy has already secured all 3 Olympic tickets for men in air rifle and small caliber thanks to Marco De Nicolo, Marco Suppini and Lorenzo Bacci. At the European Championships, two Olympic places will be awarded in the air rifle competition and one ticket to Tokyo in the three-position competition.

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Completely voluntary: Zublasing foregoes the European Championship and Olympic chances

When the starting signal for the European Shooting Championships is fired in Croatia this weekend, South Tyrol's best sports shooter of all time will not be there. Is it the beginning of the end of a great career?

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