World Championships in Switzerland

ÖSV biathletes again in the beaten field

Focusing on the Single Mixed World Championships: veteran Simon Eder.(Bild: EPA)

Austria's biathlon team still has nothing to gain from the World Championships in Lenzerheide (Switzerland). The Ski Austria athletes missed out on a top place in the men's singles. Gold goes to France, Norway surprisingly comes away empty-handed.

Eric Perrot was the absolute fastest on the cross-country ski run over the 20 kilometers in Lenzerheide. As he also kept his nerve at the shooting range and only conceded one minute of penalties, the Frenchman's biggest success in his career came at the end: he became world champion!

Tommaso Giacomel from Italy (1 fault/+52.4 seconds) celebrated the silver medal in Switzerland, while another Frenchman, Quentin Fillon Maillet (3/+1:59.5), took bronze.

Norway suffered a heavy defeat. Superstar Johannes Thingnes Bö, victorious in the sprint and pursuit, was already out of the medal race with three misses in the first prone. In the end, Endre Strömsheim was the best Viking in eighth place.

Austria's athletes could only dream of this. Although David Komatz would have had the chance of a top 10 result, two mistakes at the last shooting ensured that he ended up in 26th place.

The Salzburger-by-choice was thus the best of the once again beaten Ski Austria team. Fredrik Mühlbacher finished the race in 34th place, Simon Eder was 41st and Patrick Jakob 52nd.