Biathlon: the female relay is dominated by France, Italy sixth

Bescond, Chevalier, Simon and Braisaz trim all the competition a minute in the first relay of the season where Norway remains down from the podium.

Sunday 5 December 2021 4 minutes reading time

The launch fraction sees as usual a Lisa Vittozzi (0 + 2) protagonist who arrives at the passing of the baton shoulder to shoulder with the Russian Reztsova (0 + 0) and with 3 seconds ahead of Jislova (0 + 0) . A little further back the German Voigt (0 + 0), the Swedish Persson (0 + 2); the French Bescond (0 + 2) is in sixth position while the Norwegian Kalkenberg pays about twenty seconds. The selection begins with the ground session of the second fraction from which five biathletes come out in a handkerchief: Brorsson, Anais Chevalier, Eckhoff, Alimbekava and Wierer. Denise Herrmann finds herself having to recover about fifteen seconds, Kuklina half a minute. It is Alimbekava (0 + 0) and Chevalier (0 + 0) who take advantage of it while the standing polygon forces Eckhoff, Wierer and twice Brorsson to take the penalty lap. Halfway through the race, the first position is for France on the shoulder with Belarus; Herrmann (0 + 3) keeps Germany at 46.3, Eckhoff (1 + 4) is fifth at 1.05.9, Kuklina (0 + 3) with Russia at 1.17.8, Haecki ((0 + 4) at 1.21.6 and five seconds behind Wierer (1 + 4), seventh at 1.26.3. Julia Simon (0 + 1) greets the company in the third fraction and inflicts a gap of 1.08.4 on the last change to the Belarusian Kruchinkina (0 + 3); Elvira Oeberg (0 + 3) is at 1.20.4, Tandrevold (0 + 1) at 1.33.0 with Hettich (0 + 0). The blue Comola (0 + 0) is with Davidova (0 + 3) at 2 minutes. Justine Braisaz (0 + 1) just has to manage the situation to guarantee France a huge victory; behind are the positions on the podium Sola (0 + 3), Roeiseland (0 + 1), Hanna Oeberg (0 + 3) and Preuss (0 + 1). At the finish line France (0 + 4) presents itself with a 57.9 advantage over Belarus (0 + 6) while in the sprint Sweden (2 + 11) precedes Norway (1 + 7) for third place at 1.09.6. Germany (0 + 4) fifth; Michela Carrara (0 + 4) brings Italy to sixth position at 2.58.3.

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