Summer biathlon: Hofer and Wierer win World Cup gold

Lukas Hofer won the men's race in 25.25,2:13 minutes with one miss. Hofer relegated the Slovakian Tomas Hasilla and the Slovenian Simon Kocevar to their places. Markus Windisch ended up in sixth place, while his brother Dominik took XNUMXth place.

The women received precious metal twice. Like Lukas Hofer, Dorothea Wierer won gold, while Karin Oberhofer won the bronze medal. The Czech Jitka Landova slipped between the two “Azzurre”.

In the “Junior” age group, there were no medals for the South Tyrolean participants, neither for men nor for women.

The World Championships in Summer Biathlon will continue on Sunday with the pursuit races.

IBU Biathlon Summer World Championships, Forni Avoltri (ITA) - Men's Sprint (40 starters)

1. Lukas Hofer ITA/Montal 25.25,2/1 2. Tomas Hasilla SVK +26,8/1 3. Simon Kocevar SLO +30,4/1 4. Klemen Bauer SLO +46,4/3 5. Pietro Dutto ITA +59,5/2 6. Markus Windisch ITA/turf +1.22,2/2 13. Dominik Windisch ITA/turf +2.03,3/4

IBU Biathlon Summer World Championships, Forni Avoltri (ITA) - Women's Sprint (24 starters)

1. Dorothea Wierer ITA/Rasen 23.37,2/1 2. Jitka Landova CZE +11,7/3 3. Karin Oberhofer ITA/Feldthurns +41,6/3 4. Federica Sanfilippo ITA/Ridnaun +50,7/3 5. Michela Ponza ITA/St. Christina +1.08,7/3

IBU Biathlon Summer World Championships, Forni Avoltri (ITA) - Sprint Juniors (33 starters)

1. Tomas Vojik CZE 27.40,8/1 2. Dino Butkovic CRO +4,8/2 3. Dimitar Gerdzikov BUL +31,2/3 4. Anton Sinapov BUL +1.13,0/5 5. Giuseppe Montello ITA +1.17,5/2 8. Andreas Plaickner ITA/Gais +1.28,1/2 9. Benjamin Plaickner ITA/Gais +1.34,2/2 11. Maikol Demetz ITA/St. Christina +2.18,3/2

IBU Biathlon Summer World Championships, Forni Avoltri (ITA) - Sprint Juniors (24 starters)

1. Paulina Fialkova SVK 23.49,9/1 2. Ivona Fialkova SVK +56,6/1 3. Natalia Shalaeva RUS +1.54,4/3 4. Anja Erzen SLO +1.57,9/4 5. Kristina Ilchenko RUS +2.03,8/5 11. Carmen Runggaldier ITA/Gröden +3.37,8/2

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Summer biathlon: Hofer and Wierer win World Cup gold

The World Summer Biathlon Championships continued in Forni Avoltri on Saturday. The sprint races were held in which the South Tyrolean biathletes were able to showcase themselves.

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