Six South Tyroleans at the Biathlon World Cup in Antholz

Lukas hofer is certainly the newcomer of the year in the Biathlon World Cup. The 21-year-old from Montal, who became two-time junior world champion in Canmore in 2009, has already finished in the top ten four times at this year's World Cup. He achieved his best result in the sprint in Pokljuka with 6th place. In the overall World Cup ranking, Hofer is in an excellent 11th place and in the sprint ranking he is even in 5th place. He achieved his best result in Antholz last year in the individual race when he came 15th . became.

Markus Windisch from Oberrasen started training late this year because of his studies. Windisch achieved his best results in sprints. Two weeks ago in Oberhof he came 18th in the World Cup, and in mid-December he even won the IBU Cup in Obertilliach. He also achieved his best World Cup result, 7th place two years ago in Östersund, in the sprint: in 2007 at the World Cup in Antholz he narrowly missed a medal with the Italian relay team and had to settle for fourth place (with Willi Pallhuber, De Lorenzi and Vuillermoz).

The sprint on Thursday will be for Daniel Taschler will be a very special race. The 23-year-old from Antholz finished an excellent fifth at the IBU Cup in Altenberg last week and qualified for a World Cup race for the first time in his career. Taschler can therefore celebrate his World Cup debut in front of his fans.

The most expensive runner is the “Azzurri”. Christian De Lorenzi from Bormio. In 2009 he took 23rd place in the overall World Cup, last year he was 32nd and this year he is in 29th place. He made it to 15th place twice this winter, at the World Cup opener in Östersund and in Pokljuka. Last year, De Lorenzi also climbed onto the podium twice. He took second place in both the sprint race in Khanty-Mansiysk and the pursuit in Kontiolahti.

René Laurent Vuillermoz At 33 years old, he is the oldest Italian in the World Cup. The Aosta native has been in action in the World Cup for nine seasons. He also climbed onto the podium twice in his career: six years ago in Ruholding and four seasons ago in Oberhof he came third in the sprint.

This year the 29-year-old is among the women Katja Haller from Ridnaun the most successful Italian biathlete. After the first five World Cup races, she is in 32nd place in the overall ranking. In the individual race in Östersund she came 13th and 15th in Ruhpolding. In the sprint she took 22nd place in Östersund and 23rd in Oberhof. Haller only finished in the top ten once in her World Cup career: two years ago in the individual race in Hochfilzen she came 10th.

Michela Ponza You can only find two places behind her teammate Haller in the World Cup. The 31-year-old from St. Christina has already been on the podium seven times (second four times and third three times), but has never won a race. In Antholz she has already made it into the top ten five times. Last year she came 6th in the individual race. In 2008 she finished 10th in the overall World Cup.

Auch Karin Oberhofer always goes well in Antholz. The 25-year-old from Feldthurns took 18th place in the individual race last year, her best World Cup result to date. This year she came 24th in Östersund. She took 55th place in the overall World Cup.

Roberta Fiandino from Piedmont, however, has never been used in the World Cup this season. But she also has good memories of Antholz, because two years ago she took 16th place in the sprint. Oh, she's never been better in the World Cup. A week ago she qualified for the races in Antholz with a 4th place at the IBU Cup Sprint in Altenberg.

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Six South Tyroleans at the Biathlon World Cup in Antholz

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