Individual mixed relay at the World Cup – Switzerland comes in fifth place – Gold goes to France again – Sports

• Niklas Hartwig and Lena Häke Gross finished fifth in the individual mixed relay at the Biathlon World Championships in Nove Mesto.
• The victory went to the French duo Quentin Fillon Maillet/Le Jeanmonnot.
• The other medals go to Italy and Norway.

Niklas Hartweg and Lena Häcki-Gross showed an attractive performance in the individual mixed relay and came in fifth place, but they were more than half a minute away from the medal. From a Swiss point of view, the race started promisingly. Hartweg Häcki-Gross passed flawlessly after the first edition in third place behind the top two favorites France and Norway.

However, the woman from Obwalden did not know how to fully exploit the good starting position. In addition to one shooting error while lying down and standing, she also had to deal with a fall on the cross-country skiing track and fell to seventh place. As a result, Switzerland can no longer keep up with the medal ranks.

Hartweg, who was impressed with 20 strokes from 21 shots, and Häcki-Gross, as in previous World Cup races, lost a lot of time on the road and were not satisfied with the material after the race. The Swiss athlete at least managed to overtake Germany and the United States on her last lap and thus secured fifth place for Switzerland.