South TyrolBiathlon - Antholz
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From 17 to 20 January will be staged at Antholz / Anterselva the sixth stage of the World Cup biathlon. The program provides women's sprint on Thursday, men's sprint on Friday, the two pursuits (which take the place of the mass start of last year) on Saturday and the two relays on Sunday.
Wednesday 16 January 2013 10 minutes reading time
The plant is located in South Tyrol Ruhpolding after the second "Great classic" as the biathlon races hosted the World Cup in all seasons with the exception of 1983'' - 84'' and 1988 -'' 89 . However Antholz has often been the scene of recovery and as a result has become over the years the location where they played more races counting towards the maximum circuit, well 149 between men and women. Moreover, just as Ruhpolding, has organized a 4 editions of the World Championships (1975, 1983, 1995 and 2007) to which must be added the sprint -'' s era is not included in the Olympic program - which has awarded the world title in 1976.
In the men's 86 individual competitions held to date have been won by less than 13 biathletes flying different flags. Norway has the highest number of hits (20), as many as 15 of them signed by Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, ç goes without saying in the'' most successful man ever on the slopes of South Tyrol. '' The thirty-nine now, however, it will not be the game quests as'' year,'' weakened by a stomach flu that forced him to forfeit even in Ruhpolding, he preferred to concentrate on training ahead of the World Cup in Nove Mesto.
Behind the Norway there are two nations now dead, the Soviet Union'' (13 wins) and East Germany (11). Just the GDR in 2013 could this be achieved by current'' Germany (10 wins) or France (9 hits). L'' Austria and Sweden have imposed 5 times and currently have more claims of Russia, arrived at 4.
The Italian victories, which we will return later, are 3. L'' Ukraine's winning 2 times thus obtaining both the successes of his own history in Antholz. This means that far from Alto Adige'' the former Soviet republic has never managed to win, at least in the men's field. They climb to the top step of the podium once even Belarus, Czech Republic and Poland.
Among the women instead of the 63 individual events went to 10 different countries. Domina Germany, winning in 20 occasions. Followed by Norway with 10 statements and France with 9. 5 are the successes of Russia, Sweden and Bulgaria. As for the Balkan nation should be emphasized that no longer arrive after the victories obtained by Ekaterina Dafovska in Anterselva January 23, 2003. Since then he has started a hunger strike reached 259 races where there is no immediate end in sight.'' The Ukraine and Belarus were imposed 3 times,'' the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia 2 1.
Among the athletes Andrea Henkel become the most successful ever if he were able to win one of the two races. Currently, thirty-five of Thuringia has 5 achievements, as many as those of compatriot Magdalena Neuner (photo) and the French Corinne Niogret.
If you want to be picky the victories of the Soviet Union'' would be 11 for men and 1 for women. In fact the last 2 achievements male and female'' s last were obtained in January 1992 when, with the USSR'' soon dissolved, the athletes competed for the so-called CIS, Commonwealth of Independent States.
Chapter Italy. In the men's three wins on the snow Antholz are outdated. The first came in an individual'' in January 1988 and bears the signature of Johann Passler. The second, donated by Pier Alberto Carrara in a sprint, it's 1993. The third and final was won by René Cattarinussi, always in a sprint in 1999.
In addition to the three hits the blue biathletes have gotten even six second places ('' the last of them in 1997) and two third places (the'' last in 1993). Therefore, in the twenty-first century'' s Italy has not yet succeeded in improving the spoils of 11 podiums built between 1986 and 1999.
In the women there is only one place in the top-three. To find it you have to go back to January of 1993 when Nathalie Santer he finished third in the individual''. However that was the first podium of the woman who still is the largest Italian biathlete of all time.
Turning to the topical, the stage door of Anterselva various novelty within the strongest teams. It has been said of the'' absence of Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, but in general there will also be home Norway absences Tarjei Bø and Lars Berger. He'll be back in the World Cup Alexander Os, in recent years, the'' shadow'' s athlete in the past able to get on the podium. For now thirty-three'''' s appointment will be the Tyrolean'' last chance to snatch a ticket to the World Cup. None of the women in the'' last minute'' s Ukrainian Vita Semerenko, the victim of a malady of the season. The staff hopes to recover for the relay on Sunday.
We will review the maximum circuit Ekaterina Iourieva, whose victory in Antholz mass start of 2009 was canceled after a few days for the famous event of positivity'' s Epo. The twenty-nine today'' does not compete in the World Cup in February of 2011 and it has earned a place for the maximum circuit thanks to the 4-game winning streak in Cup Ibu obtained in recent weeks. Iourieva find space in the sprint as Wolfgang Pichler has decided to leave at rest and Ekaterina Shumilova that Ekaterna Glazyrina.
In terms of returns after a long absence should be also mentioned that, surprisingly, by Dijana Ravnikar. The Slovenian born in 1978 is back for the second time in business after a maternity leave and is not competing in the maximum circuit since March 2010.
They'll be back in the World Cup, but after much less time, the German Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle and Maren Hammerschmidt, while the game will not be Tina Bachmann, remained in Germany to train.
In Italy will be the home game Michela Ponza,'''' s debut in 2013 calendar year after missing the stages of Oberhof and Ruhpolding due to an'' operation to remove an ovarian cyst.
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