In qualification 1 of the women’s team competition, Nina Christen, Muriel Züger and Franziska achieved 6th place with a total of 1321 points and thus the necessary leap into the top eight. In the overall very good team performance, Nina Christen and Muriel Züger impressed with 443 points each, Franziska Stark shot 435 rings.
In qualification 2, the best eight teams fought for a place in the gold resp. Bronze medal matches. The Swiss trio finished fifth with a total of 875 points and thus missed the battle for the bronze medal with a 3 point difference on Croatia in fourth place. Nina Christen, in particular, impressed in the second round with 100 points in the prone section, as well as 98 kneeling and standing.
Even in the mixed team, no entry into the finals
In the afternoon, the mixed team competitions over 50m were on the program in Osijek. For Switzerland, Nina Christen and Jan Lochbihler, as well as Franziska Stark and Christoph Dürr were the second team at the start. With 881 points, Christen (440) and Lochbihler (441) made it to fourth place and thus to the next round of the best eight teams. Franziska Stark and Christoph Dürr finished in 13th place with 877 points.
In the second round it was about the entry into the gold resp. Bronze medal matches. Jan Lochbihler sensationally shot the maximum of 100 points kneeling and lying down, the final result of Solothurn’s 94 standing was 94. Nina Christen got 95 points kneeling, 99 lying down and another 95 points standing. “The woman from Nidwalden had already competed in the women’s team competition this morning, and you can tell you are tired after this monster program,” says Daniel Burger, head of top-class sport and youth development at SSV, after the competition. With a total of 583 points, the Swiss team finished seventh, three Mouchen were missing to overtake Sweden in sixth. Austria (593) and Russia (592) fight for the gold medal, while Norway (590) and Finland (589) battle it out for bronze.
Gun 25m women
This morning, Heidi Diethelm Gerber did not go so well in the precision section with the sports pistol. The Thurgau started very well, but the sixth shot in the first pass was a six, a high mortgage for the two other series. With a total of 285 points, Heidi Diethelm Gerber ranked 36th out of a total of 55 pistol shooters. The rapid fire part will follow tomorrow, Tuesday at 8:00 a.m.
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