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Despite many absences, Norway imposes itself in the Women's Relay of Nove Mesto ahead of France and Germany.
Saturday 7 March 2020 3 minutes reading time
Lisa Vittozzi imposes herself, for the umpteenth time in the season, in the launching fraction. The sappadina, which uses three refills, precedes the change the Russian Yurlova (0 + 4) and the Ukrainian Merkushyna (0 + 3) of about ten seconds, at 18 seconds is Julia Simon, the Norwegian Knotten and the Swedish Skottheim (0 + 4 for both) are around half a minute ahead of the Czech Paulina Fialkova (0 + 3) and the German Karoline Horchler (0 + 4) by about ten seconds.
Federica Sanfilippo is safe in the first four targets on the ground then she does not find the fifth shot in the magazine and is lost only saving herself with the third "official" recharge slipping in ninth place halfway through the race 47 seconds from the Ukrainian Dzhima (0 + 2) who commands the race with a 10 second lead over the Swedish Magnusson (0 + 1) and the Polish Hojnisz (0 + 3). Vanessa Hinz (0 + 2) brings Germany high, fourth at 20.7, the Russian Starykh (1 + 3) is fifth at 27.8, an excellent Lien (0 + 2) and Braisaz (1 + 3) keep Norway and France around in half a minute.
Tandrevold (0 + 1) brings Norway to the front row at the last change with Valj Semerenko (0 + 4) and Chloè Chevalier (0 + 0); the Russian Kuklina (0 + 1) changes to 12.5, Germany with Franziska Preuss (1 + 3) is at 30.1; the fraction of Michela Carrara (0 + 1) with Italy is excellent, eighth at 1.25.7.
It is Tiril Eckhoff (0 + 1) and the French Anais Bescond (0 + 2) who come out at the head of the last shooting range and play the victory and the Norwegian is easy to reason leading Norway to yet another victory in the Female Relay with 28.7 seconds of advantage over France. The usual Denise Herrmann (0 + 5) takes third place by beating Pidhrushna (0 + 3) in the sprint, after having overtaken Reztsova (0 + 4), third at the exit from the last polygon. Dorothea Wierer (0 + 3) brings Italy to the best result of the season, sixth at 2.01.3
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