Hannah Auchentaller: “I’m looking forward to going home”

The Biathlon World Championships in Switzerland are still running until Sunday afternoon, but some of the world's best ski hunters had their last appearance on Saturday, including Hannah Auchentaller. She took a deep breath during the SportNews interview.

22. February 2025

From Lenzerheide

From:
Alexander Foppa

Hannah Auchentaller had travelled to Graubünden in a slightly ailing state of health. After a bad start, she improved from race to race. She will not be taking part in the final mass start. Before that, however, she was in seventh place in the women's relay even the best Azzurra in the field.

After the race, she walked with a smile on her face to the SportNews-Interview. "Yes, it's a conciliatory end. Apart from the sprint at the beginning, I was able to show what I'm capable of." She is now looking forward to going home and having a few days' break before the World Cup continues in the Czech Republic at the beginning of March.

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While Auchentaller is already sitting on packed suitcases, Dorothea Wierer will be in Lenzerheide until Sunday afternoon. It is uncertain whether she will start again in the final mass start, as she is still far from being fully fit after a slight illness. "The coaches wanted me to run the relay and I said: come on, try it again. It didn't go as hoped."

+++ UPDATE: Dorothea Wierer has now announced her withdrawal from the World Championships +++

Will definitely start again Lukas hofer and Tommaso GiacomelThe Pusterer was in good form in the relay, even if he ran out of steam towards the end. "I don't know when I was last so knocked out," said Hofer after the race, Italy finished in fifth place. "Now we need to join forces and then attack one last time."

“I don’t know when I was last so knocked out” Lukas hofer

Tommaso Giacomel expressed himself similarly. He is considered a candidate for the medal ranks at the end. "Of course I want to set another highlight. I have performed consistently in every race here, which makes me happy," said the individual vice world champion from Trentino.