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Alexander Povarnitsyn and Daria Virolaynen win the day in which the biathletes Russians occupy five of the six podium positions available.
Saturday 4 March 2017 8 minutes reading time
In the men's field is the world junior champion in 2014 in the Sprint, Alexander Povarnitsyn, to get the first win in cadet circuit. In a hard fought race up on the top, Povarnitsyn is perfect to throw and nell''ultimo around punishes Alexander Loginov that despite an error in feet, still retained 6/2 advantage. At the line the young Russian is imposed with 2.4 seconds ahead of Loginov. To make the cost dell''ultimo round the winner is also Ruslan Tkalenko (0 + 0), for first place with Loginov after the session standing: the 'Ukrainian to the intermediate step of half round is even goal but gives in final and pay at the end 6.5 seconds behind the winner.
Despite the best time on the narrow skis, the winner of Thursday dell''Individuale. Czech Ondrej Moravec pays a mistake by polygon and closes in sixth at 17.9 also preceded by the Norwegian Haavard Gutuboe Bogetveit (1 + 0) and dall''austriaco Daniel Mesotitsch (0 + 0).
The best of the Italians is Thierry Chenal, perfect to shoot, which ends in twenty-seventh place in 1.35.3 from the winner, the twenty-eighth Maikol Demetz (0 + 1) to 1.37.3. Sixty-fourth in 3.16.6 Rudy Zini (4 + 0).
In the overall standings of Ibu Cup, with three races from the end, the Russian Alexey Volkov maintains the top spot with 639 points, second, and only one who can lay a trap, Alexander Loginov (525) which, unlike the fellow has played only 10 of 17 races played; Third French Emilien Jacquelin (389).
The situation is similar in the specialty ranking: Alexey Volkov in nine races has collected 316 points against the 211 collected by Alexander Loginov in 4 races; still in the race mathematically even the Norwegian Vetle Christiansen Sjastad to 201 points.
Kontiolahti - MALE SPRINT
1. POVARNITSYN Alexander [RUS] (0 + 0) in 24: 23:32. LOGINOV Alexander [RUS] (0 + 1) to 2.43. TKALENKO Ruslan [UKR] (0 + 0) in 6:54. BOGETVEIT Haavard Gutuboe [NOR] (1 + 0) at 13.85. MESOTITSCH Daniel [AUT] (0 + 0) at 16:56. MORAVEC Ondrej [CZE] (1 + 1) to 17.97. GUIGONNAT Antonin [FRA] (0 + 0) at 31.58. JACQUELIN Emilien [FRA] (0 + 0) at 45.79. VOLKOV Alexey [RUS] (0 + 1) to 47,210. VojÃk Tomas [CZE] (0 + 0) to 50.2
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In the women's Daria Virolaynen takes command of the operation on the top from the first meters of the race; Also the penalty after the session standing does not remove the top position in the partial ranking that keeps up on arrival which detaches 19 seconds compatriot, vncitrice dell''Individuale, Ekaterina Shumilova (0 + 0). The third step of the podium again for a Russian biathlete, Victoria Slivko that despite the 100% shooting, accuses a delay of half a minute behind the winner. With a comeback that allows you to retrieve three positions nell''ultimo lap, the German Anna Weidel (0 + 1) is fourth and precedes the Swedish Johanna Skottheim (0 + 0) and the Norwegian Kristina Skjevdal (0 + 0), fifth tied.
The 'unique Nicole Gontier blue race provides good feedback on narrow skis where it gets the third fastest time preceded only by Daria Virolaynen and the French Enora Latuilliere but pays a mistake on the ground and two errors in feet: for her final position in the twenty-third 1''22.
Only mathematics separates Daria Virolaynen from winning his first IBU Cup. When there are still 180 points available, the Russian share in 650 has a lead of 159 points on the German Karolin Horchler and 162 points over compatriot Anna Nikulina.
And '' wide open, however, the challenge for the cup of Sprint: miss the two tests of Otepaa and Daria Virolaynen has 298 points against 283 Anna Nikulina and 222 of the German Denise Herrmann.
Kontiolahti - FEMALE SPRINT
1. VIROLAYNEN Daria [RUS] (0 + 1) in 20: 48.42. Shumilova Ekaterina [RUS] (0 + 0) at 18.63. SLIVKO Victoria [RUS] (0 + 0) at 30.74. Weidel Anna [GER] (0 + 1) at 47.85. SKOTTHEIM Johanna [SWE] (0 + 0) at 48.55. SKJEVDAL Kristina [NOR] (0 + 0) at 48.57. ZAGORUIKO Anastasia [RUS] (0 + 1) at 49.28. SOLA Hanna [BLR] (0 + 0) at 52.59. Horchler Karolin [GER] (0 + 0) to 52.8 10. BLASHKO Darya [BLR] (0 + 0) to 55.8
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