Austriaās biathletes took eighth place on Sunday at the World Cup in Hochfilzen in the menās 4 x 7.5 km relay with Dominic Unterweger, David Komatz, Felix Leitner and Patrick Jakob. Norway won the victory ahead of France and Germany.
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The ĆSV quartet was in sixth place for a long time, but Jakob incurred two penalties in the last shooting and lost two more places. The Austrians finished fourth in the first relay race of the season in Ćstersund. Simon Eder, who was ill this time, was there at the time.
The womenās relay competition is still on the program in the afternoon, and the Austrians can hope for a strong result after their recent performances. The race can be seen live on ORF1 and in the live stream from 2:15 p.m.
Menās relay (4 x 7.5 km): 1. Norway Laegreid, T. Bƶ, JT Bƶ, Christiansen 1:15:38.5 0/5* 2. France Perrot, Jacquelin, Claude, Fillon Maillet + 28, 7 0/6 3. Germany Zobel, KĆ¼hn, Nawrath, Doll 1:06.9 1/9 4. Italy 1:24.1 0/11 5. Ukraine 2:24.9 0/3 6. Sweden 2:36 .4 2/14 7. Switzerland 4:01.6 0/12 8.
Austria
Unterweger, Komatz, Leitner, Jakob 4:23.5 3/10 9. Slovenia 4:42.1 5/7 10. Romania 4:46.9 0/6
* Penalty laps/spare rounds