Turin 2006. 'apotheosis of Vincent Defrasne nell''inseguimento male

18 February 2006 on the track at Cesana San Sicario biathlon program at the XX Olympic Winter Games provides pursuits. A couple of hours after the female, is staged the men's evidence that will prove & agrave; well pi & ugrave; exciting and full of twists and turns than the one dominated by the first all & rsquo; last meter by Kati Wilhelm.

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Although men descend on the track only 120 minutes after the women, the weather conditions have changed completely. The storm in the middle of which competed girls has given way to a radiant sun that illuminates the track and the polygon. Based on the results of the sprint, well played four days before, the most & ugrave; credited for the win are Sven Fischer and Halvard Hanevold. Frode Andresen will have & agrave; try to limit the mistakes at the shooting range, and will attempt to remount from afar Vincent Defrasne, Raphael Poir & eacute; e Ole Einar Bj Ã¸ rndalen. Just quest & rsquo; last on the eve promised battle Since & eacute; He believes disappointing its budget in the first two races. The Norwegian & egrave; speech and it seems possessed. Since the initial meters holds a frenetic pace to recover from the twelfth starting square and after the first polygon, closed without error, & egrave; gi & agrave; fourth! Fischer has indeed wrong twice, slipping into fifth place at 40 & rdquo; by Hanevold tread, clean shooting like Andresen chasing it a few seconds. Also perfect Defrasne, detached to memorize options than half a minute behind the leader, as well as & eacute; hounded by Bj Ã¸ rndalen and German. Conversely Poir & eacute; and accumulates two penalty & agrave; and lost positions. Hanevold, gi & agrave; bronze in & rsquo; individual and silver in the sprint, appears determined to complete his collection of metals putting even the most & ugrave neck; prized. After the second shooting session veteran of Asker has in fact the race in hand, as it covers all the targets and takes 30 & rdquo; ahead of Defrasne. Bj Ã¸ rndalen instead one is missing and & egrave; the third, but as many as 45 & rdquo ;. Andresen Fischer and messing their part and must perform three two laps respectively in & rsquo; ominous ring, from which come still in fourth and fifth place, albeit at 1 & rsquo; 20 & rdquo; who leads the dances. The gaps are huge. In the third round ends the race Poir & eacute; e, which falls and breaks a ski seeing himself forced to retire. After which & eacute; the first polygon standing overturns the outcome of the competition. Hanevold to surprise stumbles into three errors, paving the way for their pursuers. It used this opportunity to better Defrasne, clean and now in the lead with over half a minute ahead of Bj Ã¸ rndalen, victim of a penalty & agrave ;. L & rsquo; now ex tread remains third with Fischer, who finally finds zero, at a short distance after him. It recovers nothing Andresen however, still imprecise and always fifth. In the fourth round Defrasne going strong and keeps the margin, but in the decisive session is judged & ndash; by his own admission & ndash; from & ldquo; & rdquo ;. little arms The French, until that perfect moment, missing two targets undermining his leadership. Behind him Bj Ã¸ rndalen it wrong one and returns at 6 & rdquo; 5, becoming the & rsquo; obvious favorite for success. Meanwhile Fischer and Hanevold are clean and you will play the third place Since & eacute; Andresen & egrave; victim of a penalty & agrave ;. Bj Ã¸ rndalen returns on Defrasne, but can not remove it. In the final the Norwegian, probably fatigued by the need & agrave; remounting, appears less bright dell & rsquo; opponent to memorize options stumbles right on & rsquo; last bend almost falling. The French lost a couple of meters, but the Scandinavian has just ran out of gas and the straight final & egrave; a solo transalpine going to win the d & rsquo; gold medal, relegating the more well-& ugrave; emblazoned opponent all & rsquo; silver. The bronze goes instead to Fischer, able to close the game for the podium gi & agrave; sharing the pitch when svernicia Hanevold that has no way to replicate and finally slips into fifth place, exceeded even the startling Latvia Ilmars Bricis, able to replace up to fourth place in the final. About recoveries, Michael Greis it achieves a remarkable starting and closing the thirty-eighth. So the winner of the & rsquo; individual can memorize options biting your hands for the bad sprint because of which saw the race today compromised. Home Italy receives a positive performance. Ren & eacute; Laurent Vuillermoz (1 + 1 + 0 + 0) creates a powerful ascent that allows it to stand at 13 & deg; place finish, going back twenty-eight positions, and to wrest the qualification for the mass start. Immediately behind the Val d'Aosta is a close Christian De Lorenzi (0 + 1 + 0 + 1), 14 & deg; and with a +14 differential with respect to the starting bib. & nbsp; It also improves Wilfried Pallhuber (0 + 1 + 0 + 1), 17 & deg ;. Among the emotions born of the race today c & rsquo; & egrave; Also the changing of the guard at the top of the overall standings of the World Cup Because & eacute; the withdrawal of Poir & eacute; and return to Fischer the yellow bib. The German now lead operations with 474 points against the 443 of the French, while Bj Ã¸ rndalen you & egrave; reported in third place with 411 bypassing Greis (409). Now two days off, then the men will be back on track on February 21 for the relay. POS | ATHLETE | NAT | SHOT | TIME 1 | Vincent Defrasne | BETWEEN | 0 + 0 + 0 + 2 | 35: 20.2 2 | Ole Einar Bjoerndalen | NOR | 0 + 1 + 1 + 1 | +2.7 3 | FISCHER Sven | GER | 2 + 2 + 0 + 0 | +15.6 4 | BRICIS Ilmars | LAT | 0 + 1 + 0 + 0 | +26.7 5 | Halvard Hanevold | NOR | 0 + 0 + 3 + 0 | +37.5 6 | Frode ANDRESEN | NOR | 0 + 3 + 1 + 1 | +56.7 7 | SUMANN Christoph | AUT | 1 + 0 + 1 + 0 | +1: 19.5 8 | GREIS Michael | GER | 1 + 0 + 0 + 0 | +1: 19.7 9 | TCHOUDOV Maxim | RUS | 2 + 0 + 0 + 2 | +1: 21.2 10 | ROBERT Julien | BETWEEN | 1 + 0 + 0 + 0 | +1: 55.7 Â Click here for the full results.

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