Dajan Danuser and Aita Gasparin won the sprint titles at the Swiss biathlon championships on Saturday morning. Fondoitalia gives the venue as Lenzerheide, ski-nordique.net as the Roland Arena in Lantsch/Lenz. Fondoitalia calls the event the Swiss summer championships and reports that several members of the Swiss national team competed.
Danuser shoots clean to win
Dajan Danuser hit all ten targets and finished the men's sprint in 22:45.1. Joscha Burkhalter also shot clean. He came second, 17.8 seconds behind.
Niklas Hartweg took third with nine hits from ten shots, 19.9 seconds off the winning time. Fondoitalia calls him the home athlete. Sebastian Stalder came fourth after shooting 10/10. Silvano Demarmels was fifth with one miss.
- 1. Dajan Danuser – 22:45.1 (10/10)
- 2. Joscha Burkhalter – +17.8s (10/10)
- 3. Niklas Hartweg – +19.9s (9/10)
- 4. Sebastian Stalder (10/10)
- 5. Silvano Demarmels (9/10)
Gasparin wins by 1.6 seconds
In the women's race, Aita Gasparin missed one target and won the title. Lea Meier also had one miss and finished second, just 1.6 seconds back.
Coralie Langel of Les Pionniers du Val d'Hérens took bronze. Fondoitalia describes her as Franco-Swiss, while ski-nordique.net lists her under the Swiss flag. She was the only woman in the top three to hit all ten targets and finished 45 seconds behind Gasparin.
BiathlonFrance biathlon: Seven men fight for five World Cup spots in GeiloLea Fischer came fourth. She hit five of ten targets and finished more than two minutes behind. Lara Berwert was fifth and Lydia Mettler sixth.
Women's results
- 1. Aita Gasparin – winner (9/10)
- 2. Lea Meier – +1.6s (9/10)
- 3. Coralie Langel (Les Pionniers du Val d'Hérens) – +45s (10/10)
- 4. Lea Fischer – more than two minutes back (5/10)
- 5. Lara Berwert
- 6. Lydia Mettler
