Anterselva (Italy) (AFP)

After her success in the pursuit, the Italian Dorothea Wierer won in front of her audience her 2nd title at the Biathlon World Championships in Anterselva by winning the Individual Tuesday, while the French women once again missed out on the race.

The defender of the big crystal globe (29 years old) thus wins the 3rd gold medal of her career after the mass start in 2019 in Ostersund and the pursuit on Sunday and consolidates her position as leader of the general classification of the World Cup.

Wierer, author of 2 marksmanship, was only 2.2 seconds behind the German Vanessa Hinz and 15.8 seconds the Norwegian Marte Olsbu Roeiseland, who climbed for the 4th time on the podium during these Worlds after the of the mixed relay and sprint and the bronze of the pursuit.

At the end of the last Individual of the season, the small globe of the specialty returned to the Swedish Hanna Oeberg, 4th Tuesday.

As for French biathletes, these World Championships are for the moment catastrophic. If the men shine, the Bleues accumulate disappointments: Justine Braisaz finished 19th, Célia Aymonier 28th, Julia Simon 31st and Anaïs Bescond 52nd.

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