2024-2025 Total Score Winner and Mixed Relay Bronze medalist Franziska Preuss has announced via social media that she will be retiring with the conclusion of the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026.

Few athletes have seen the highs and lows of a biathlon career as pronounced as Germany's Franziska Preuss. The 2024-2025 Total Score Winner has announced that the Women Mass Start in Milano Cortina will be the final competition of her career.

Preuss has had a challenging Olympic Games, struggling in the standing shooting - but no matter what happens, she will walk away from Milano Cortina 2026 with minimum a bronze medal that she shares with her teammates.