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Friday & Igrave; November 25, 2005 & egrave; the eve of & rsquo; opening of the World Cup Biathlon that, then as now, by the & Öland; stersund. However, if the present day & egrave; the normality & agrave; see l & rsquo; overture season in the resort & agrave; Swedish, 10 years ago the first stage does not have a fixed location and most importantly & ugrave; serious danger of jumping.
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In fact, the & rsquo; & egrave fall 2005; very hot. In early November, the snow is lacking all over Europe, even at latitudes more & ugrave; northern, and l & rsquo; & organization of Öland; stersund not & egrave; still that good today able to meet the difficult weather conditions.
Therefore in the weeks near the opening stage it is assumed to postpone the & rsquo; opening of seven days (calendar it would Because & eacute; the first weekend of December & egrave; & ldquo; hole & rdquo;) and / or transfer it to Idre.
Fortunately the white lady arrives in time to allow the holding of the competitions according to program and from that day & Öland; stersund becomes the fixed location where you from & rsquo; off in hostilities & agrave ;, except for the & rsquo; year in which hosts the World Cup (2007 & rsquo; 08) when it is positioned clear in February.
C & rsquo; & egrave; a lot of enthusiasm at the start of the 2005- & rsquo; 06 Since & eacute; not only question of Olympic season (the Turin Games will be held February 10 to 26), but you & egrave; Also returning from a winter with a struggle for the Crystal Ball exciting in both sexes.
In the men's Ole Einar Bj ø rndalen he was sensationally managed to impose itself against Sven Fischer and Raphael Poir & eacute; and despite the beauty of seven races jump. The Norwegian had in fact decided to engage simultaneously in the cross-country and consequently had deserted several appointments. & Nbsp; & Nbsp;
Of course, if in Khanty-Mansiysk the German had not been forced to give up mass start final due to frostbite suffered in the hands & rsquo; pursuit of two days before, the general classification would change master. However, success was more Scandinavian & ugrave; that deserved given its prodigious performance: 12 wins out of 20 races without ever leaving the first six!
Also in the women's World Cup he had seen a fierce three-way fight at the end of which he emerged victorious France's Sandrine Bailly, capable of winning a & rsquo; gluing the German Kati Wilhelm and Russian Olga Pyleva (later Medvedtseva second wife ), slipped to third place after finishing with the yellow bib on his back to the stage Siberian conclusive. & nbsp;
So the names pi & ugrave; Expected & Outdoors; early 2005- & rsquo; 06 are the ones of those who eight months earlier had challenged for the conquest of absolute rankings. Fischer exception, which does not even take part in the stage & Öland; stersund because of a back problem, a fitting end to a & rsquo; difficult summer where & egrave; found to have to deal with a hand injury.
As for the & rsquo; Italian season at the gates & egrave; Because really special & eacute; culminate & agrave; with the Olympic Games at home, event & more ugrave; quite unique in the career of any athlete.
The best hope of obtaining results of weight are placed in Michela Ponza, now joined on a permanent basis of the best winds in the world being able to place themselves in the top ten with some consistency and occasionally on the podium.
On days when everything had to shoot your way to the shooting, the top-three also appears in string of & rsquo; fickle Ren & eacute; Laurent Vuillermoz's reach third in the sprint in Ruhpolding in January 2005. In his case there you can & ograve; expect the same continuity & agrave; of Gardena, but exploits the absolute level.
In theory you do not see other cards medal although it could still have some ammunition the thirty-eight Wilfried Pallhuber, for which the maximum target & egrave; likely to get prestigious proposing placings in the top ten, maybe on the occasion of the main event of the season.
The rest of the women's movement can & ograve; hope for some capatine in the top-twenty by the sisters Saskia and Nathalie Santer to which is added Katja Haller. In the men's C & rsquo; & egrave; curiosity & agrave; to understand which product margins Christian De Lorenzi that & rsquo; year before it was facing in the maximum circuit closing surprisingly the 13 & deg; place the & rsquo; individual World Cup in Hochfilzen. In addition, the & rsquo; one with a chance to enter the top thirty occasionally appears to be Paul Longo.
Early responses in twenty-four hours, with the sprint & Öland; stersund.
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