- The Swiss quartet with Lea Meier, Lena Häcki-Gross, Susanna Meinen and Aita Gasparin only finished 12th in the 4×6 km relay race in Soldier Hollow.
- In the men’s sprint, Niklas Hartweg is the best Swiss in 21st position.
After the debacle for the men, the last relay race of the season also ended disappointingly for the Swiss biathletes. The quartet had to settle for 12th place in almost spring-like weather in Soldier Hollow.
However, the Swiss women did not compete with the best line-up. Instead of the ailing Amy Baserga and Elisa Gasparin, Lea Meier and Susanna Meinen came into play. While starting runner Meier showed a solid performance at the shooting range with two errors, Meinen had to go into the penalty loop twice on the third relay. Before that, Lena Häcki-Gross had already shown nerves at the shooting range and was unable to avoid a penalty loop.
Gasparin in good form
Final runner Aita Gasparin, who had achieved her best World Cup result in an individual race with 8th place in the sprint the day before, took over from only 12th place. The Engadine woman cleared 9 out of 10 targets, but was no longer able to improve her ranking.
Legend:
Was the most accurate of the Swiss quartet
Aita Gasparin.
Freshfocus/Nordic Focus/Vianney Thibaut
The victory went to the Norwegians led by Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold. With 5 errors, the Scandinavians had the best record at the shooting range alongside the fourth-placed Austrians and came out ahead of Germany and Sweden. Norway won the discipline World Cup for the first time since the 2019/20 season.
No exploit in sprint
Things didn’t go quite as planned for the Swiss men on Saturday either. In the 10 km sprint, both Niklas Hartweg and Sebastian Stalder each made one mistake in the standing shooting. A top result was already off the table. Hartweg ultimately took 21st place as the best Swiss ski athlete, Stalder was 24th. The other three Swiss Joscha Burkhalter, Gion Stalder and Jeremy Finello were ranked outside the top 50.
France celebrated a double victory. Eric Perrot, who made no mistakes at the shooting range, came out on top with a lead of 3.9 seconds over his compatriot Émilien Jacquelin, who missed two targets. The podium was completed by Norwegian Johan-Olav Botn.