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January 22, 2006 in Anterselva staged an epic duel between Ole Einar Bj ø rndalen and Raphael Poir & eacute; e. Although they are already & agrave; past 10 years, those who saw him still remembers vividly. In the women's mass start instead turns into a solo Martina Glagow.
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In the morning it's up to the men and Michael Greis & egrave; again absent. The twenty nine year old German, one of the contender for the Crystal Ball, has not yet recovered from the illness that & rsquo; hit and & egrave; forced to desert the starting line after gi & agrave; given lump sum for the & rsquo; tracking, seeing cos & Igrave; diminishing their chance to fight for the general classification.
The race gives one of the best episodes of the pi & ugrave; great rivalry & agrave; in the history of the biathlon men, one between Ole Einar Bj ø rndalen and Raphael Poir & egrave; and. Right from the opening bars of the two take a step long advocated turning the group into a long snake. The Norwegian and French are perfect to pull off and the rest of the competition, further raising the level of & rsquo; crossbar.
Scandinavian between strategic absences and illnesses has missed three consecutive stages and has not won since Nov. 27, a period too long for him. The transalpine, after the & rsquo; matte sprint, defected l & rsquo; tracking just to have more & ugrave; energies in the race today. In short, both want to excel at all costs and skiing menano as blacksmiths, often switching the pioneering role to impose its rhythm & Outdoors; another.
The second polygon Bj ø rndalen shoots pi & ugrave; quickly on the first shots, but breaks down on & rsquo; last and he must catch his breath. Poir & eacute; and, most & ugrave; slow & egrave; for & ograve; pi & ugrave; constant, then recovers and gets up first with a clean session, imitated seconds later by his rival. The two are together again, and the third round & egrave; a photocopy of the previous one with Ole and Raphael to battle, surpassing each other more & ugrave; Sometimes in an attempt to get the upper hand on & rsquo; another and creating an epic duel.
The third pitch & egrave; Because creepy & eacute; duelists realize a performance absolutely parallel. Release the first two shots simultaneously, after which & eacute; both are forced to catch his breath before covering the other three targets & Outdoors; unison sharing paired again.
In the fourth round for & ograve; things change because & eacute; Poir & eacute; and fails to respond to & rsquo; another forcing Bj ø rndalen that stands alone at the top and builds up a lead of ten seconds. So the final polygon & rsquo; a demonstration of what the term & ldquo; champion & rdquo ;. The Norwegian fact shoot with a rapidity & agrave; unheard covering all targets, starting even before the French releases a shot! The thirty-one of & nbsp; La Chapelle-en-Vercors knows the performance of & rsquo; & ugrave opponent by virtue; the roar of the audience and most importantly & ugrave; He makes a mistake.
Bj ø rndalen ends in triumph a sensational race, winning the 57 & deg; success of its career in & rsquo; last test before the Olympic Games in Turin. Poir & eacute; and came to the square d & rsquo; honor and can & ograve; still looking smile on the ranking of the World Cup, where his leadership is strengthened Since & eacute; Michael R & ouml; sch and Sven Fischer are placed eighth and tenth respectively. Moreover, the veteran of Oberhof was even in last place after the first shooting, but with a comeback by applause & egrave; still managed to get in the neighborhoods of the standings.
Poir & eacute; and & egrave; therefore yellow bib with 404 points against the 376 of R & ouml; sch, 367 Fischer, 329 of & rsquo; absent Greis, 298 of a bruised Alexander Wolf and 297 Bj ø rndalen.
Returning to competition today, the podium is completed by Frode Andresen thanks to an unexpected zero final and a final round of first class that allows him to be right by Vincent Defrasne, long third, but the author of an unfortunate 3 closing it relegated to fourth place just ahead of Ivan Tcherezov. L & rsquo; unique blue busy, Ren & eacute; Laurent Vuillermoz, lives a day-no shooting and ends 28 & deg ;.
In the afternoon we dispute the mass start women, while the men will race next & agrave; l & rsquo; individual Torino Olympic Games, set for the & rsquo; February 11.
POS
|
ATHLETE
|
NAT
|
SHOT
|
TIME
1
|
Ole Einar Bjoerndalen
|
NOR
|
0 + 0 + 0 + 0
|
38: 42.3
2
|
Raphael Poiree
|
BETWEEN
|
0 + 0 + 0 + 1
|
+1: 22.7
3
|
ANDRESEN Fraud
|
NOR
|
1 + 1 + 1 + 0
|
+1: 38.3
4
|
Vincent Defrasne
|
BETWEEN
|
1 + 0 + 0 + 3
|
+1: 50.2
5
|
TCHEREZOV Ivan
|
RUS
|
0 + 0 + 2 + 0
|
+2: 00.2
6
|
Stian Eckhoff
|
NOR
|
0 + 0 + 1 + 2
|
+2: 05.2
7
|
TCHOUDOV Maxim
|
RUS
|
1 + 0 + 2 + 0
|
+2: 08.5
8
|
FISCHER Sven
|
GER
|
3 + 0 + 0 + 0
|
+2: 12.4
9
|
Tomasz Sikora
|
POL
|
1 + 0 + 0 + 3
|
+2: 17.5
10
|
Michael ROESCH
|
GER
|
2 + 1 + 0 + 1
|
+2: 25.2
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In the afternoon down the course, women and, surprisingly, not the Albina Akhatova. The Russian took the podium in the last three races, & egrave; cooled and prefer not to risk anything. Its heavy absence in addition to those announced by Anna Carin Olofsson and Svetlana Ishmouratova, even present in Anterselva.
In light of what we have seen in recent days it is expected a new chapter in the duel between Kati Wilhelm and Sandrine Bailly between sprint and pursuit proved a cut above their opponents. By contrast, the German and the French are not in the day, and come out immediately from contention for the top positions.
To be honest, after the wonderful mass start male, the female gives little show. About & ndash; because & eacute; in this case you have to talk about & ndash; Martina Glagow. After the initial outburst of Liv Grete Poir & eacute; and, then destined to fail in the polygons too central and close sixth, twenty-six Bavarian took the lead of the competition and keeps it with absolute authority & agrave; to the finish.
The German gi & agrave; after the second shooting session has an advantage of 25 & rdquo; on & rsquo; immediate pursuer, a margin that will keep & agrave; unchanged until the end holding a lecture of the term & ldquo; & agrave solidity; & rdquo ;. Martina & egrave; very competitive skiing and does not allow (almost) anything on the pitch, thus realizing a true solo that gives the & rsquo; eighth career victory & ndash; the second in two weeks in the mass start & ndash; format where curiously before & rsquo; current winter had never excelled.
The square d & rsquo; & egrave honor; preserve its historic friend and room-mate Andrea Henkel, which is installed in lone second place gi & agrave; after the first polygon standing, remaining there until the end. The twenty-nine of Gro & szlig; breitenbach must give up fighting for success because of a few mistakes too, but still can & ograve; celebrate the return to the podium after almost two months.
Of which only the podium waving German flags Since & eacute; the step pi & ugrave; Low & egrave; occupied by Uschi Disl that today is unmatched skiing tight and unable to settle in third place despite four penalty payment agrave ;, passing in & rsquo; final round competition of Norwegian Linda Tj ø rhom and Russian Olga Zaitseva, whose fourth and fifth place is for both one of the best seasonal performance.
About flags, the top ten if he sees an unprecedented. & Egrave; that of Moldova, represented by Natalia Levchenkova, yet another case of the Russian & ldquo; & rdquo biathlonisticamente; emigrated to a & rsquo; other former Soviet republic. The twenty-eight of Smolensk today get the result more & ugrave; prestigious of his career ahead of even Sandrine Bailly. The French (4 errors) finishes eighth, while Kati Wilhelm (2 + 2 + 1 + 2) does not go beyond the nineteenth place, while remaining firmly yellow bib.
Wilhelm fact leads the overall World Cup with 545 points against the 425 of displ, 375 of Olofsson and Bailly & ndash; paired in third place & ndash; and 361 of Glagow, lifts in fifth place.
L & rsquo; only the Italian way, Michela Ponza, stands in thirteenth with three penalty payment agrave ;. L & rsquo; & agrave will now twenty-seven Gardena; the tip of the Italian team in the upcoming Olympic Games in Turin and women will start on February 13.
POS
|
ATHLETE
|
NAT
|
SHOT
|
TIME
1
|
Martina Glagow
|
GER
|
0 + 0 + 1 + 0
|
38: 07.2
2
|
HENKEL Andrea
|
GER
|
1 + 0 + 1 + 1
|
+28.6
3
|
DISL Uschi
|
GER
|
0 + 2 + 1 + 1
|
+48.8
4
|
TJ & Ø Rhom Linda
|
NOR
|
1 + 1 + 0 + 1
|
+1: 00.7
5
|
Olga Zaitseva
|
RUS
|
1 + 0 + 1 + 0
|
+1: 11.4
6
|
Liv Grete Poiree
|
NOR
|
0 + 2 + 3 + 0
|
+1: 23.7
7
|
LEVCHENKOVA Natalia
|
MDA
|
0 + 0 + 0 + 0
|
+1: 30.7
8
|
BAILLY Sandrine
|
BETWEEN
|
2 + 1 + 0 + 1
|
+1: 32.2
9
|
ZUBRILOVA Olena
|
BLR
|
0 + 0 + 2 + 0
|
+1: 47.1
10
|
Olga Nazarova
|
BLR
|
0 + 0 + 1 + 1
|
+1: 52.0
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