Biathlon: the Hochfilzen chase is by Fillon Maillet, Hofer fourteenth

It is a French hat-trick with Fillon Maillet, Jacquelin and Desthieux under the snow at Hochfilzen. For Italy, Bormolini also scored points, twenty-ninth.

Saturday 11 December 2021 4 minutes reading time

In the first lap the Swede Ponsiluoma goes wild to close ranks against Kuehn, winner of yesterday's Sprint, while in the backup group Samuelsson is unleashed in the recovery operation. Kuehn goes 5/5 and behind not to make mistakes and about twenty seconds are Tarjei Boe, Loginov and Jacquelin who finds himself just ahead of Ponsiluoma who returns from the penalty lap while Samuelsson also goes 5/5, sixth at 32.1. Kuehn is also perfect in the second session on the ground as well as the pursuers find the "zero"; Jacquelin, Tarjei Boe, Loginov, Samuelsson and Fillon Maillet continue to be around 20 seconds. At 31 seconds it is the Ukrainian Pidruchnyi while an error sends Ponsiluoma back to tenth position at 42.4, in the sights of Johannes Boe after the 10/10 of the Norwegian on the ground. The German also finds the 5/5 standing and the only one to chase by a margin less than one error is Quentin Fillon Mailletr at 12 seconds; Desthieux, perfect on three polygons, is at 31 seconds, Jacquelin (14/15) at 37 seconds with Samuelsson, Loginov and Rees. Fillon Maillet joins Kuehn at the entrance to the last polygon; the Frenchman moved all-in while the German made two mistakes. The fr (19/20) ancese flies towards victory; to take advantage of it is Jacquelin who seals the place of honor while five remain to fight for the third step of the podium with Leitner (20/20), Tarjei Boe (18/20), Laegreid (19/20), Smolski (18 / 20), Desthieux (19/20). A few seconds later Samuelsson (18/20) and Lukas Hofer (19/20). Quentin Fillon Maillet arrives at the finish line, for the seventh career victory, with a 32.1 advantage over his compatriot. In the sprint Desthieux, at 38.2) gives a French hat-trick by preceding Samuelsson and Tarjei Boe. Lukas Hofer (19/20) is fourteenth at 54.3 (16 seconds from the podium), Bormolini (17/20) is twenty-ninth.

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