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The specialty Cups go to the Russians Alexey Volkov and Daria Virolaynen.
Sunday 5 March 2017 9 minutes reading time
The tests of tracking, the latest for this format in the IBU Cup calendar of the season were played today in Kontiolahti where in five days will visit the World Cup.
In the men's victory she went to Alexander Loginov, second in the Sprint, which has taken advantage of the missteps of opponents in a race that saw very combattua six biathletes at the start in the space of 18 seconds and comebacks of many protagonists. The first to have eclipsed the young Alexander Povarnitsyn, released from the fight for victory at the first polygon with three errors, as well as the Norwegian Bogetveit paying, always at the first session on the ground, two penalty turns. A undermine Alexander Loginov race is the 'Ukrainian Ruslan Tkalenco that uses the 100% ground to round the mark of half just 6 seconds behind the Russian burdened by an error, as well as the Czech Ondrej Moravec, third at 24 seconds . The ground sessions promote Matvey Eliseev already quarter to 46 seconds mentro around the detachment minute sail French Jacquelin and Guigonnat, Bogetveit and Povarnitsyn.
Tkalenco is called out at the first session in three feet where he pays a penalty turn against only Loginov mistake that sees his lead increase up to half a minute, which allows him to face the 'last polygon in solitude and without paying too much damage a penalty. The most immediate pursuers are, 25 seconds tains dell''ultimo around Moravec, slowed by two errors in the third session, Eliseev and Bogeteveit. With Loginov launched towards the victory, the fight for the podium to play on skis and sees Ondrej Moravec finish second at 9/2, Bogetveit third 12, fourth Eliseev to 41. It dates back to the fifth Russian Alexey Volkov which conquers IBU Cup of specialty, the sixth Arwidson Swedish.
The best Italian is Maikol Demetz (0 + 0 + 1 + 0) recovering four position and closes the twenty-fourth place to 2''41 "from the winner ahead of the finish line Thierry Chenal (1 + 0 + 2 + 0), twenty-2 ''46 ".
In the overall standings of the IBU Cup, Alexey Volkov has 679 points, 94 ahead of Alexander Loginov. The fight for third place among French open Emilien Jacquelin (416) and Antonin Guigonnat (413).
Kontiolahti - CHASING MALE
1. LOGINOV Alexander [RUS] (1 + 0 + 1 + 1) in the 31.45.72. MORAVEC Ondrej [CZE] (1 + 0 + 2 + 0) to 9.83. BOGETVEIT Haavard G. [NOR] (2 + 0 + 0 + 0) at 12.94. Eliseev Matvey [RUS] (0 + 0 + 1 + 0) at 41.15. VOLKOV Alexey [RUS] (1 + 1 + 0 + 0) at 50.56. Arwidson Tobias [SWE] (1 + 1 + 0 + 0) in 58.57. GUIGONNAT Antonin [FRA] (1 + 0 + 0 + 2) in 1:11:28. SLEPOV Alexey [RUS] (1 + 0 + 2 + 1) to 1.18.89. Skjelvik Kristoffer [NOR] (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) in 1.20.810. TKALENCO Ruslan [UKR] (0 + 0 + 3 + 2) to 1.27.7
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In the women get their first win in cadet circuit of German twenties Anna Weidel. The bronze medal at the World Junior Championships nell''Individuale pays first polygon in standing two errors that force two laps comeback in which recovers 33 seconds and burns in the final the Russian Victoria Slivko, perfect shooting but slower on skiing close to the point of risking losing the second step of the podium who saves for less than a second dall''arrembante countryman Uliana Kaisheva, thirteenth game and burdened only by a penalty in the first session.
And '' exceptional evidence today of the Belarusian arrembante with Swedish passport Olga Alifiravets which dates from the twenty-fourth position in fourth place in the sprint in less than 19 seconds from the winner. And '' only seventh, but also her around in less than 20 seconds left Weidel albeit also preceded by the Austrian Zdouc and compatriot Anna Nikulina, Russia's Ekaterina Shumilova, second in the Sprint, with three errors. Daria Virolaynen, eighth, winning the mathematical certainty of victory in the General Cup with 684 points, where it has, in two races from the end, 158 ahead of Anna Nikulina (526) and 168 of Karolin Horchler (516). For even her specialty Cup.
The 'only blue in the race, Nicole Gontier (2 + 2 + 1 + 3) is pushed by the eight errors at the shooting range to thirty-fifth place to 3''30 "from the winner.
Kontiolahti - CHASING FEMALE
1. Weidel Anna [GER] (0 + 0 + 2 + 0) in 7.31.82. SLIVKO Victoria [RUS] (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) to 2.83. KAISHEVA Uliana [RUS] (1 + 0 + 0 + 0) to 3.74. ALIFIRAVETS Olga [SWE] (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) at 18.85. ZDOUC Dunja [AUT] (0 + 1 + 0 + 0) at 19:16. Nikulina Anna [RUS] (0 + 0 + 1 + 1) to 19:57. Shumilova Ekaterina [RUS] (1 + 0 + 1 + 1) in 19.68. VIROLAYNEN Daria [RUS] (1 + 1 + 2 + 1) at 31.79. LATUILLIERE Enora [FRA] (1 + 0 + 2 + 0) to 50,310. BLASHKO Darya [BLR] (0 + 0 + 1 + 0) to 56.1
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