Story byGermany's Franziska Preuss competes in the women's 10 km pursuit during the IBU Biathlon World Championships. Martin Schutt/dpaDPAWed, December 10, 2025 at 11:40 AM UTC·1 min readWomen's defending World Cup champion Franziska Preuss will miss this week's Hochfilzen races after a coronavirus infection, the German Ski federation (DSV) said on Wednesday. The DSV said that Preuss was not fit to compete again in the wake of the illness. It said that Selina Grotian would also miss the races in Austria from Friday onwards due to illness. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement"Unfortunately, Franzi and Selina didn't manage to get fit in time, as we had hoped.