Best performance of the season: Paulína Fialková scored, sprint in Hochfilzen was dominated by Solová – Športky.sk

HOCHFILZEN – Belarus’s Hanna Solová won her first place in the Biathlon World Cup when she triumphed in the sprint in Hochfilzen, Austria on Friday. Thanks to clean shooting, she also had a comfortable lead of 46.8 seconds over the French Justine Braisaz-Bouchet and 50.3 seconds over the third Norwegian, Marte Olsbu Röiseland, who moved to the forefront of the fight for the big crystal globe.

The Slovak national team player Paulína Fialková recorded the best performance of the season, she was in 34th place, when she missed one target on each of the two items and came to the finish line with a deficit of 2: 04.5 min. For the second time in the year, she scored points in the World Cup. Ivone Fialková missed the place in the fighter race by 2.5 seconds, when she was in 62nd place after one mistake in lying down and three in standing position. Mária Remeňová also passed four times in total and took 106th place.

So far, Solová has had three places in her career in the third place, one of them came in the previous sprint in Östersund, Sweden. Braisazová-Bouchetová recorded the best result of the season, she has a total of 11 places on the podium. Röiseland followed the triumph of the fighter in Östersund and took over the yellow jersey from the home Lisa Theresa Hauser, who ranked 26th to Friday.

I feel like I should wake up now

Belarus has had a hard time finding words after the best day of its sports career. “I feel like I should wake up now. I still don’t quite understand. The victory surprised me, I’m very glad I succeeded.” According to biathlonworld.com, Solova, who came to the top of the sprint classification after three races.

Hochfilzen World Cup – sprint

women (7.5 km): 1. Hanna Solová (BLR) 20: 44.4 min (0 penalties), 2. Justine Braisaz-Bouchet (Fr.) +46.8 s (2), 3. Marte Olsbu Röiseland +50.3 (0 ), 4. Ida Lien (both Norway) +52.5, 5. Hanna Öberg (Sweden) +56.5 (2), 6. Tiril Eckhoff (NOR) +1: 07.2 min (1) , 7. Lisa Vittozziová (ITA) +1: 07.4 min (1), 8. Dzinara Alimbekavová (BLR) +1: 08.0 min (1), 9. Baiba Bendiková (LVA) +1: 12.3 min (1), 10. Vanessa Hinzová (DEU) +1: 18.5 (0), … 34. Paulína FIALKOVÁ +2: 04.5 (2), 62. Ivona FIALKOVÁ +2: 48.3 (4), 106. Mária REMEŇOVÁ (all SR) +4: 38.0 (3)

Overall World Cup standings (after 5 of 22 races): 1. Röiselandová 216 b., 2. Alimbekavová 194, 3. Lisa Theresa Hauserová (AUT) 192, 4. Solová 184, 5. Elvira Öbergová (Sweden) 171, 6. H. Öbergová 168, … 62. P. FIALKOVÁ (SR) 9

Sprint ranking (after 3 of 9 races): 1. Solová 148 b., 2. H. Öbergová 130, 3. Olsbuová Röiselandová 125, … 54. P. FIALKOVÁ (SR) 7

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