Women 7.5 km Sprint Competition

Italy’s Lisa Vittozzi closed her fifth standing target, left the shooting range 1.9 seconds behind France’s Lou Jeanmonnot, flying into the lead by the 6.2 km split and winning this morning’s Canmore Women’s 7.5 km Sprint. Vittozzi’s dash in the final 1300 meters gave her the 19:38.2 victory, not missing a shot on the range. Vittozzi’s fourth win of the season, broke a long dry spell without a sprint victory; her last sprint win was 5 years, 2 months and 4 days ago when she won at Oberhof in 2019.

Anna Gandler has been tagged as a rising star for the Austrian team since winning IBU YWCH Sprint Silver and Pursuit Gold medals in 2017 and 2020, respectively. After two IBU Cup seasons, she jumped to the World Cup, closing 2022/23 with a sterling 7th place in the Oslo Holmenkollen Mass Start. After matching that personal best in the 2024 IBU WCH Mass Start, Gandler has been on a roll, making her first-ever World Cup Flower Ceremony a couple of days ago with sixth in the Canmore Women’s Sprint. She then anchored Austria’s Women’s Relay to a best-ever 4th place, shooting clean along the way, closing the weekend with 8th in the pursuit, all within a 43-hour window.