Ladies Hunting Start

Anna-Karin Heijdenberg approached the first split cautiously before increasing her pace for the remainder of the lap. She extended her lead to nearly double, holding a 14-second advantage over the nearest competitor before the first layover. A strong performance from Rebecca Passler of Italy briefly narrowed the gap by a few tenths, but Anna-Karin regained the lead, entering the second shooting stage with a seven-second advantage. After five accurate shots, she began the third lap with a 17-second lead over Fany Bertrand of France. The Swede maintained her momentum on the course, building a lead of almost half a minute at the first standings. Another clean shooting stage in 26 seconds extended her lead to 26 seconds over frida Dokken, who had climbed from 14th place.as the final standing stage approached, the gap between the riders was 19 seconds. Despite one miss, Anna-Karin exited the stage first, starting the final lap 17 seconds ahead of the Norwegian, who also had a missed shot. She then secured another victory, finishing 13 seconds ahead of Frida Dokken, while FranceS Paula Botet completed the podium. Today, the Swede recorded the seventh-fastest overall time, 37 seconds slower than Sophie Chauveau of France, demonstrating remarkable composure while in a vulnerable position. Congratulations to Anna-Karin on another excellent race!

Thanks to a fast initial shooting stage,Emma Nilsson advanced seven places to 14th. She improved another five positions after achieving a similar result in the subsequent prone stage. After hitting all targets in 27 seconds during the first standing stage, Emma moved into sixth place and maintained her position heading into the final shoot. Despite a minor stumble, she finished sixth, surpassing Rebecca Passler of Italy with the ninth-fastest lap time, and secured a place in the flower ceremony, finishing fifth, 1:01 behind Anna-Karin. This was one of Emma’s best races, with the 15th-fastest overall time on the course, 58 seconds behind the fastest rider. She also had the 10th-best shooting time after four series, totaling 1:56, and was the best of the Swedish athletes in the chase start, climbing 16 places!

Annie Lindh also had a promising start, hitting all targets in the first prone stage and advancing eight places to 30th. she passed three more riders with another clean shooting stage, but encountered a problem in the first standing stage, dropping to 28th place before the fourth lap. Ther, Annie continued with the ninth-fastest lap time and advanced three places.