The three shots of the season will be given this weekend on the Finnish snow of Kontiolahti. A season whose highlight will, of course, be the World Championships in Lenzerheide next February, the first ever organized in Switzerland.
In the Swiss camp, all the lights are green for Lena Häcki-Gross, the sisters Aita and Elisa Gasparin and Sebastian Stalder. On the other hand, Niklas Hartweg and Amy Baserga had to deal with imponderables during their preparation, a shoulder injury after a fall while cycling for the Schwyz resident, a wrist operation in March for the biathlete from Einsieldeln.
Victorious twice last winter in the World Cup, Lena Häcki-Gross will, of course, be the leader of the Swiss team. Remarkable in shooting, Sebastian Stalder can also have very big ambitions. He really has the potential to get on a podium for the first time in his career.
However, the Swiss are still a long way behind the best. This winter, World Cup champion Lisa Vitozzi will have to treat the back pain that has handicapped her in recent weeks to resist the onslaught of the Norwegians and the French. Among the men, the Norwegian armada, led by the formidable Johannes Thingnes Bö still seems unbeatable.
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