Biathlon: Dominant Laegreid in the Ostersund Opening Individual

A great challenger until Johannes Boe's last race of last season, Sturla Holm Laegreid relaunches the challenge in the Olympic season with even greater force.

Saturday 27 November 2021 2 minutes reading time

Far from being the best today on skis where on 20 km he pays two minutes to the French Jacquelin and the Swedish Samuelsson who, however, pay six errors and one minute to his compatriots the Boe brothers, Laegreid masterfully manages the 4 polygons in terms of timing and precision. one of the few 20/20 of the day and imposes himself, as 12 months ago, in the first seasonal outing of the World Cup with just under a minute, 59 "2, ahead of Tarjei Boe who loses the opportunity to win with an error, the second, in the last shooting session. Weighted on skis and cumbersome at the shooting range, Johannes Thingnes Boe, with equal errors, pays thirty seconds compared to his brother and is also preceded by Simon Desthieux, 18/20 also for him) who reaches the podium, touching the second step by just over a second with an arrembante last lap. The transalpine fits into a Norwegian-speaking ranking with Johannes Boe fifth at 1 '' 28 "5 and Bakken (20/20) sixth at 1.29.4. To spoil the Norwegian party also Canadian Scott Gow (20/20), fourth at 1.26.8, just under two seconds faster than the holder of the general crystal ball.

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