Austria's new biathlon star: “It was time to recover smartly”

If the North Tyrolean's successful run continues, a top three place in the overall World Cup is still possible. She has never been better than 15th in the final rankings, and the Kitzbühel native is currently hovering in significantly higher spheres after seven podium finishes in the last ten races.

She was able to enjoy this the previous week after a few appointments immediately after the brilliant World Cup with three medals. “I spent a lot of time at home with my people, which was great. “I really enjoyed it again and thought about how the whole thing went down every day,” Hauser told the APA . Because of the Corona situation, however, there were only meetings in the immediate family circle; she is hoping for a larger celebration after the end of the season. She has already received hundreds of congratulations. “That was incredibly beautiful.” “Everyone is tired, you don’t feel as fresh as you did in December” Lisa Hauser Of course, there was also training on the agenda last week, after all there is still a lot at stake for the new ÖSV flagship. It remains to be seen whether she will be able to shake off the strains of the World Cup. “This will be exciting. This week it was time to recover smartly because there are still many races waiting. Everyone is already tired, you no longer feel as fresh as you did in December and you no longer recover as easily. But I do think it will be a good fit.”

Lisa Hauser (center) was crowned mass start world champion ahead of Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold and Tiril Eckhoff. © APA/afp / ANZE KACIN

However, the 27-year-old doesn't necessarily expect further podium finishes in a row. “I don’t expect things to continue like they did in January and at the World Cup. I don't want to drive myself crazy either, I'll let it happen to me, the season has already gone so well so far. So well that Hauser is currently fourth in the overall World Cup behind Tiril Eckhoff, Marte Olsbu Röiseland and Hanna Öberg.

In addition to gold in the mass start and silver in the pursuit and in the mixed team, Hauser was also able to celebrate with Dorothea Wierer over the small crystal ball in the individual at the World Championships, whereupon she congratulated the South Tyrolean with clear words : “Lisa deserves this very much, maybe even more than me.” She has a very good chance of another in the mass start, but the decision will only be made in the very last race of the season on March 21st in Östersund. Before that there are six other individual competitions. Full program in the Czech Republic It starts in Nove Mesto on Thursday with the women's relay, followed by the sprint and pursuit for Hauser at the weekend. Next week there will be two individual and one mixed race in the Czech Republic. Then the final spurt begins in Östersund. The Swedes have taken over the World Cup final in Oslo, major events are no longer possible in Norway due to the corona.

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Austria's new biathlon star: “It was time to recover smartly”

The whiz kid and newly crowned world champion Lisa Hauser returns to the biathlon stage on Thursday in Nove Mesto after a week of recovery.

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