Biathlon: Norway wins the Hochfilzen Relay, Italy tenth without Hofer

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Biathlon: Norway wins the Hochfilzen Relay, Italy tenth without Hofer

Laegreid, Tarjei and Johannes Boe and Christiansen lead Norway once again to victory. In Italy, which gives Hofer a rest session, good fractions of Bormolini and Giacomel and the first two laps of Bionaz.

An unusually selective launch fraction sees the Swedish Femling (0 + 1) and the German Lesser (0 + 2) stand out, setting the pace on the skis in the last lap, trimming Laegreid 10 seconds (0 + 2). Just behind the Slovenian Dovzan (0 + 1), the Belarusian Labastau (0 + 1); Fabein Claude (0 + 4) is with France at 17.3 on the shoulder with a good Thomas Bormolini (0 + 3). While Kuehn (0 + 3) slides Germany back, Ponsiluoma ((0 + 1) keeps Sweden in the lead and a great Tommaso Giacomel (0 + 1) takes Italy to second place at 2.2. Tarjei Boe (0 +1) is third with Fak at the exit (0 + 2) at the exit of the second polygon, Desthieux (0 + 2) keeps France at the top. At the half-way change Sweden have a 10 second advantage over Italy and 12 over Norway. Slovenia is at 22 seconds, France at 26, Germany at 29 and Russia at 41 seconds. Johannes Boe (0 + 0) is the master while the reloads in the standing range are wasted behind and a Bionaz up to that moment in second position must unfortunately pay a penalty round (1 + 4). And the last change presents Norway with 50.9 ahead of Jacquelin (0 + 2), 1.03.3 over Loginov (0 + 2) and 1.03.6 over Rees (0 + 3), Stefansson (0 + 3) holds well with Sweden fifth at 1.24.1. Italy with the Bionaz fraction (1 + 4) is eighth at 2.07.8. Christiansen (0 + 2) would only have to administer, as often happens when Norway deploys the Boe brothers in the central hamlets even if Quentin Fillon Maillet (0 + 0) tries them all even in timing to release the blows to try to overturn a race already decided. And the fight between Nawrath (0 + 2) and Latypov (0 + 2) for the third position ignites. Norway wins (0 + 5) with 21.2 seconds ahead of France (0 + 8). Third place for Russia (1 + 9) at 47.3 which easily jumps Germany (0.10) at 1.00.0 for an order of arrival identical to the Ostersund relay. Samuelsson (0 + 2) takes Sweden to fifth position. A Dominik Windisch with polygon problems (1 + 5) closes in tenth position
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