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L & rsquo; January 11, 2006 the stage of the Ruhpolding World Cup 10 years ago began with the women's relay race that despite some absences weight gives a final heart-pounding.
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In Germany the home & rsquo; head coach Uwe M & uuml; & szlig; iggang decides to leave at rest Kati Wilhelm, leader of the overall World Cup, to be tested in the final fraction Simone Denkinger. Also missing Uschi Disl, troubled by back pain and forced to give up the entire stage of home. & Nbsp;
As for the Russia & egrave; the game l & rsquo; Olga Pyleva sick, but at least the team recovers Olga Zaitseva and Albina Akhatova, absent the previous week in Oberhof in order to give priority to training ahead of the Olympic Games.
For its part, the & rsquo; Italy is back in action at full capacity after being deployed to lower ranks in Thuringia.
The launch sees Martina Glagow protagonist. The twenty six year old Bavarian puts the whip opponents and detaches all despite recourse to two refills at a shooting very easy. The pursuers pi & ugrave; coming up a bunch grainy distant about ten seconds. Behind the change in Germany & rsquo; order the Bulgarian Pavlina Filipova, Norway's Liv Grete Poir & eacute; and, the Russian Anna Bogaliy-Titovets, l & rsquo; blue Michela Ponza and Slovenian Teja Gregorin. Among the nations top they are in trouble & agrave; France and Belarus with Delphyne Peretto and Olga Nazarova gi & agrave; distant almost 50 & rdquo ;.
In a race where there is no tactics, the second fraction continues the work begun by the first skimming. A perfect Andrea Henkel keeps Germany in the lead, for & ograve; Svetlana Ishmouratova also covers all targets and gnawing a few seconds to the German. The gaps are widening instead of the other teams. Andreja Mali changes the third, but Slovenia pays half a minute. Gro Marit Istad-Kristiansen uses too many ups and Norway, fourth, slipped to 50 & rdquo; remaining paired Bulgaria, represented by a pi & ugrave; that dignified Radka Popova. The French are confirmed in suffering skiing and Sylvie Becaert passing the baton in sixth place, but already & agrave; 1 & rsquo; 20 & rdquo ;. Belarus leaves the scene, while the & rsquo; Italy sinks & Outdoors; eleventh place because of well 3 laps penalty payment agrave; Nathalie Santer.
& Nbsp; In a third fraction Albina Akhatova sleek becomes the protagonist of a capital trial and then peeling off a comeback despite positive Katrin Apel. Russia then took command of operations with Germany to chase about 10 & rdquo ;. The struggle between the two superpowers & egrave; tight, while behind you open a chasm. Irina Nikoultchina brings Bulgaria in third place, but the delay by tread & egrave; a minute and a half! Andreja Koblar defends and Slovenia remains at 10 & rdquo; the virtual podium. Florence Bavere-Robert made no mistake, for & ograve; up & egrave; bad and France fifth change in two minutes and a quarter. The posting of & rsquo; Italy increases, at least Katja Haller retrieves a location very accurately.
Closing the challenge for success gives a whirlwind of emotions. Olga Zaitseva seems able to race head and hold off Simone Denkinger. Indeed, after the shooting on the ground, the Russian also gains a few seconds. Between the two skiing c & rsquo; & egrave; substantial balance and everything & egrave; postponed at the shooting stand.
The twenty-seven Muscovite bay to cover the targets, sacrificing the rapidity & agrave ;. L & rsquo; attempt succeeds, but the strategy proves loser because & eacute; the twenty-six of Baden-Wü; rttemberg force the most of his execution and, despite recourse to a charge, attaches the & rsquo; half. & nbsp;
In the final kilometers the two do not save, for & ograve; l & rsquo; balance is not broken and & egrave; a long sprint to decide everything. At the end of the straight d & rsquo; & egrave arrival; Russia to excel thanks to a slip better Zaitseva beating Denkinger for about ten centimeters and relegates Germany to the position d & rsquo; honor to the disappointment of the home crowd.
Third place goes to the solid Slovenia, which can & ograve; celebrate the second podium of his story in a women's relay (also in today & rsquo; last). Indeed Tadeja Brankovic first crosses Ekaterina Dafovska and then resists the return of a & rsquo; possessed Sandrine Bailly, as author in Oberhof a final fraction impressive. France will have to & ograve; sit in fourth place with Bulgaria and a fifth & rsquo; matte Norway sixth. In & rsquo; Italy makes its debut season in the maximum circuit twenties Roberta Fiandino, defending how can & ograve; and crosses the finish line to eleventh.
Than today & egrave; l & rsquo; last before the Olympic torch relay, scheduled for February 23. Two of the four races were won by Norway, one from France and one from Russia. Incredibly Germany & ndash; that is dominating as a team in the individual events & ndash; He never excelled!
Tomorrow in the program & rsquo; similar proof male, while women will be back on track with the sprint on January 13.
RUHPOLDING & ndash; RELAY FEMALE 1. RUSSIA [0 + 1] 19.1 & rsquo; 29 & rdquo; 8 2. GERMANY [0 + 4] 0 & rdquo; 1 3. SLOVENIA [0 + 5] 1 & rsquo; 27 & rdquo; 3 4. FRANCE [0 + 2] 1 & rsquo; 34 & rdquo; 9 5. BULGARIA [0 + 7] 1 & rsquo; 58 & rdquo; 8 6. NORWAY [0 + 9] 2 & rsquo; 20 & rdquo; 0
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