Biathlon: Christiansen leads Norway to victory in the Relay, Italy seventh

The last men's relay of the season sees the victory of Norway, albeit orphan of the Boe brothers. Italy with a great Lukas Hofer must be satisfied with seventh place after the penalty laps of Bormolini and Giacomel.

Friday 4 March 2022 4 minutes reading time

In the morning the confirmation of Dominik Windisch's positivity arrives, explaining the formation announced yesterday for the Italian team for the last men's relay of the season. In recent days, the announcement of Erik Lesser's retirement from racing at the end of the season has arrived and the German (0 + 0) takes the satisfaction of winning the throwing fraction by gaining an advantage of about ten seconds over the Austrian Komatz (0 + 1) and the Swedish Femling (0 + 3); the Norwegian Bakken (0 + 3) and a little more Guigonnat (0 + 3) pays 5 seconds more while Thomas Bormolini (1+ 3) complicates his life with a standing shooting range and Italy is in eleventh position at 52 seconds. An unleashed Jacquelin (0 + 1) dominates the second fraction putting 25 seconds between Eder's France and Austria (0 + 1), Rees' Germany (0 + 3) and Felip Fjeld Andersen's Norway (0+ 2), Lukas Hofer (0 + 1) records the third time of the fraction and brings Italy back 17 seconds from the podium in ninth position. In the third fraction the expected protagonists find themselves with Desthieux (0 + 2), Ponsiluoma (0 + 1), Laegreid (0 + 2) and Doll (0 + 1) to arrive together at the last change; Leitner's Austria (0 + 1) at 20 seconds, Switzerland (0 + 9) and Didier Bionaz (0 + 3) around one minute. The last stage turns into a rustic duel between champions; begins to get used to Christiansen winning fractions (0 + 0) leading Norway to victory despite the absence of the Boe brothers. The Norwegian takes home a lead of 10.6 seconds over the Swedish Samuelsson (0 + 2) who in the last lap burns Quentin Fillon Maillet (0 + 1) and Nawrath (0 + 4). Norway (0 + 7) first, Sweden (0 + 10) second at 10.6, France (0 + 7) third at 12.4 and Germany (0 + 8) fourth at 13.4. Former combinatorial Lemmerer (0 + 2) brings Austria (0 + 5) to fifth place at 1.44.7 with Switzerland (0 + 10) sixth at 1.56.8 and Tommaso Giacomel (1 + 3) who pay pledge and Italy is seventh at 2.20.8

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