14:30. Early on Friday afternoon, just before the start of Lithuania’s Lidiia Zhurauskaite, bib number 1 in the women’s sprint at the Biathlon World Cup in Hochfilzen (Austria), a tribute was paid to Germany’s Laura Dahlmeier, who tragically died during the summer.
Before the start of the women’s sprint in Hochfilzen, the IBU paid tribute to Laura Dahlmeier.
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There, at the 2017 World Championships, she achieved a feat by winning five gold medals and one silver.
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