Biathlon: Eckhoff wins the Pursuit, Roeiseland the Cup.

Back to back victory for Tiril Eckhoff but the spotlight is on Mars Roeiseland who now also for mathematics puts his hands on the crystal ball, joining the small group of biathletes capable of winning the World Cup, Olympics and World Championships. Lisa Vittozzi. twenty-fifth. qualifies for the Mass Start.

Saturday 19 March 2022 5 minutes reading time

Like yesterday, the spring temperature, 7 ° at the start, is the host in Oslo - Holmenkollen for the women's pursuit, penultimate act of the Biathlon World Cup, 2021/2022. At the first range Eckhoff, Roeiseland and Hauser start shooting together; the two Norwegians make no mistake and make the void, Anais Chevalier without errors pays 44.6 seconds, Davidova after a penalty lap is at 50 seconds, Hermann (5/5) at 58 seconds. Vittozzi's first shooting range is in line with many bad performances in the season and 4 errors while Comola and Sanfilippo are not wrong. Roeiseland challenges Eckhoff at the second polygon by putting her on pace and she's right; no arrors for her, one for Eckhoff who finds himself at 20 seconds. There is still a 5/5 for Chevalier who is third at 51 seconds with 20 seconds ahead of Paulina Fialkova (10/10). Two errors make Herrmann slip almost two minutes from the top while Samuela Comola is still not wrong, navigating around the twenty-fifth position at almost three minutes with 15 seconds ahead of Lisa Vittozzi who finds the 5/5. At the first shooting range, both Roeiseland and Eckhoff make a mistake and find himself at 17.3 seconds; Anais Chevalier is still perfect, recovering about fifteen seconds and is at 34.6. In fourth position one minute later another 5/5 Fialkova while Hauser, Hildebrand, Davidova and Herrmann are around the minute and a half. Another clear polygon for Samuela COmola, twentieth, while an error by Vittozzi arrives, twenty-eighth at forty seconds from her partner. Eckhoff files a few seconds in the fourth lap; another mistake for Roeiseland while Tiril Eckhoff is not wrong, flying towards the twenty-ninth career victory. Chevalier pays a mistake while Fialkova is still making no mistake and the two are preparing to play for third place 55 seconds from the first with Hauser and Herrmann with 18 seconds to recover. Comola's first mistake arrives while Vittozzi makes no mistake and the two find themselves together around the twenty-second position On the finish line Tiril Eckhoff (0-1-1-0) precedes Roeiseland (0-0-1-1) by 24.9 seconds and Paulina Fialkova (0-0-0-0) by 50.5 seconds who gives Slovakia the first podium of the season. Anais Chevalier (0-0-0-1) is fourth at 59.0, fifth Herrmann (0-2-0-0) at 1.05.2, sixth Hauser (2-0-1-0) at 1.11.0. Lisa Vittozzi (4-0-1-0) is twenty-fifth at 3.23.3 and qualifies for the Mass Start and Comola (0-0-0-1) twenty-sixth at 3.27.8. Federica Sanfilippo (0-2-2-1) is fiftieth at 6.10.0

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