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The Frenchman equals Ole Einar Bjoerndalen for the number of medals won in an edition of the Games, 4 now, with the second Gold in Beijing while Lukas Hofer only has to surrender in the last lap for an excellent fourth place that launches him towards the Mass Start
Sunday 13 February 2022 5 minutes reading time
Johannes Boe starts strong and shows up at the first polygon, while the storm breaks loose, with 41 seconds ahead of Quentin Fillon Maillet and one minute over the rest of the group. The Norwegian manages to close a 5/5 which keeps him firmly in first position in front of Quentin Fillon Maillet while behind almost everyone is wrong, Latypov is not wrong who comes out third at 1.21.9, a mistake for Samuelsson and Tarjei Boe who are joined by Lukas Hofer (5/5) and chasing after one minute and 25 seconds.
Johannes Boe extends the lead at the start of the second shooting session with 54 seconds ahead of the Frenchman, one and a half minutes over the Latypov - Samuelsson pair and one and forty over Hofer and his brother Tarjei in the second round. Johannes makes a mistake twice while Fillon Maillet makes no mistake despite moments of initial hesitation due to problems with the magazine. The two find themselves speared for only 12 seconds, in third position Latypov at 35.4, fourth Tarjei Boe (9/10 on the ground) at 49.8 and fifth Lukas Hofer (10/10) at 53.3. All the others, overwhelmed by the storm, are over a minute and a half.
The third lap repeats the script of the previous ones with Johannes Boe extending himself taking a mistake of advantage over Fillon Maillet while Hofer returns to Tarjei Boe. In the first range standing, Johannes Boe in a stormy moment misses three times as they go for the 5/6 Fillon Maillet and Latypov as Lukas Hofer and Tarjei Boe who enjoy slightly better conditions., At the start of the fourth lap, Fillon Maillet is 10 seconds ahead of Latypov, 38 over Hofer and Tarjei Boe and 55 over Johannes Boe.
While the Russian tries to get closer to the French, Hofer stays in Tarjei's wake and Johannes Boe recovers only a few seconds. Fillon Maileet is quick to shoot and goes 5/5 towards the Olympic title after four consecutive victories in the competition format. A mistake for Latypov and they find themselves in three for two medals at 40 seconds: the Russian, Tarjei Boe while two mistakes cut out Johannes Boe,
Unfortunately Lukas Hofer loses contact with the other two in the first part of the lap and Tarjei Boe flies to the Silver.
Quentin Fillon Maillet (0-0-0-0) wins, Gold and fourth medal in four races, who arrives at the finish line with a 28.6 advantage over Tarjei Boe (1-0-0-0) and 35.3 over the Russian Latypov (0 -0-01). A great Lukas Hofer (0-0-0-0) has to settle for fourth place at 51.1.
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