Vanessa Hinz: Return to the Biathlon Legend on Schliersee!

Vanessa Hinz, the former biathlete, ended her career almost two years ago and returned to her home at Schliersee for Christmas. Hinz is considered the last German who is the World Team Challenge on Schalke won a success that she celebrated together with Simon Schempp in 2016. On December 28, 2024, the best biathletes in the world will compete again in Gelsenkirchen, while Hinz is remembers their extraordinary victory, which she describes as one of the coolest races. It emphasizes the unique atmosphere and volume in the arena.

The competition is shooting and also requires luck when the windows meet. After her career end, Hinz enjoys the freedom to be able to drive home earlier. Nevertheless, she sometimes misses training in the group, especially the funny units. Hinz has been working in a café in Berchtesgaden for a year and takes responsibility there, learning that independence requires a lot of commitment. In addition, she excludes a comeback in biathlon and evaluates her time in sports as completed.

successful biathlon duo

The duo Simon Schempp and Vanessa Hinz won the 15th World Team Challenge in Gelsenkirchen, like t-online.de reported. They prevailed in the competition against Erik Lesser and Franziska Hildebrand and received a check for 28,000 euros. Schempp and Hinz were behind Lesser and Hildebrand after the mass start, but were able to catch up in the persecution and achieve the victory with a lead of 16.7 seconds.

Originally, Schempp was supposed to compete with Franziska Preuss, but who had to cancel due to illness. The Russians Alexej Wolkow and Olga Podtschufarnowa secured third place, supervised by Ricco Groß. The competition was endowed with a total of 156,000 euros.