Biathlon: Samuelsson doubles in Ostersund, Lukas Hofer excellent seventh

After winning the Sprint on Sunday, the 24-year-old from Katrineholm repeats himself thanks to an arduous test on skis that allows him to cancel the weight of an error in the shooting range on the ground.

Thursday 2 December 2021 2 minutes reading time

At this moment of the season, Sebastian Samuelsson is unplayable on skis: he trims French Jacquelin and Fillon Maillet for 20 seconds, half-armed Christiansen and compatriot Ponsiluoma, a good 43 seconds to Johannes Boe. Thanks to this performance, the Swede (1-0) closes the race with an 18 second advantage over Emilien Jacquelin (0-1) and 21.5 over Quentin Fillon Maillet (0-1). Remains down from the podium despite 100% shooting the most positive Russian of this start of the season, Eduard Latypov who closes at 26.1 from the winner and less than 5 seconds from third place. The best Norwegians are Vetle Christiansen (0-1) fifth at 31.1 and Sturla Laegreid (0-0) sixth at 40.5; despite the shoulder problems in the summer preparation, a growing Lukas Hofer takes advantage of 100% shooting and closes in seventh position at 42.3, taking away the satisfaction of preceding Tarjei Boe (0-1) and Johannes Boe (1-0). The Ostersund Sprint seals Tommaso Giacomel's best career result in the World Cup (0-2), twenty-fifth at 1.20.3, while Thomas Bormolini (0-1) is at 1.29.5 from Samuelsson and enters the 60s of the 'Pursuit also Dominik Windisch (0-3) at 2.07.3.

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