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Sophie Boilley, one of the major disappointments season in the French team of biathlon, was removed by imposing a small satisfaction in the pursuit of the Martell Valley'','' Ibu last competition of the Cup
Saturday 15 March 2014 4 minutes reading time
The Alps, the fourth in the sprint Thursday, today showcased a good step on the skis and took command of the operations during the third round, taking advantage of the best of the errors of Russia Valentina Nazarova and Anna Nikulina, as well as prove to be more , fast in the bottom of the Swiss Aita Gasparin.
Boilley therefore has excelled despite a mistake'' s last polygon, defending himself in the final round by the return of the Russian Larisa Kuznetsova, able to go up to the square of'' honor'' from eighth to start. The podium was completed by the aforementioned Aita Gasparin, according to the third row.
Fourth place for an'' other Russian Anastasia Zagoruiko, which thanks to this result and to contemporary disasters at the shooting of a Nazarova (6 missed targets) relegated to sixth place after winning the sprint, won the general classification of'' Ibu Cup for the second consecutive year.
Zagoruiko in fact closes with 504 points against 489 and 478 of Nazarova Nadine Horchler and is also required in the ranking of specialties'' s pursuit, having already won one of the sprint. Nazarova instead got a small bowl of'' Individual.
It should be noted as Zagoruiko has not even won a race, and indeed has risen once on the podium. However, the twenty-five Tyumen turned in all competitions circuit cadet, unlike compatriot and German, which have jumped respectively three and two stages because occasionally involved in the World Cup.
Returning to the race today'' s Italy has placed two women in the top ten. Michela Ponza finished seventh and Federica Sanfilippo has become the protagonist of a good comeback finishing tenth (with a differential gain of 13 positions). Roberta Fiandino (0 +2 +0 +0) came eighteenth, while Alexia Runggaldier (1 +2 +0 +1) twenty. Lisa Vittozzi not match, but should be deployed in the medley relay tomorrow.
VAL HAMMER - TRACKING women1. Boilley Sophie [FRA] (1 +0 +0 +1) 32'' 41 "22. KUZNETSOVA Larisa [RUS] (0 +0 +1 +0) 8" 03. GASPARIN Aita [ON] (0 +0 +0 +1) 16 "44. ZAGORUIKO Anastasia [RUS] (1 +1 +0 +0) to 22" 35. Nicolaisen Kaia [NOR] (0 +0 +1 +0) 41 "16. Valentina Nazarova [RUS] (1 +2 +1 +2) 51" 17. Michela Ponza [ENG] (0 +1 +1 +0) 57 "78. NECHKASOVA Galina [RUS] (0 +2 +0 +1) 1'' 22" 29. Yurkevich Darya [BLR] (0 +0 +0 +0) 1'' 29 "510. SANFILIPPO Federica (0 +1 +0 +1) to 1'' 37" 4Clicca here for full results
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Biathlon - Ibu Cup
Sophie Boilley wins the race,'' Anastasia Zagoruiko the Ibu Cup, two Italian in 10
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