Biathlon: a wild Eckhoff also wins the Pursuit, Wierer fifth

After the victory in yesterday's Sprint, Tiril Eckhoff is confirmed in the Pursuit and takes the victory in Hochfilzen. Second Hanna Oeberg. third his sister Elvira

Saturday 19 December 2020 3 minutes reading time

Tiril Eckhoff starts strong and with 5/5 in the first shooting session keeps 10 seconds ahead of compatriot Tandrevold, 25 over Franziska Preuss, Roeiseland misses and her sisters Oeberg and Dorothea Wierer finds herself in fourth position at 42.4 from the leader together with Linn Persson , Anais Chevalier, Egan and Lunder with about ten seconds of margin on Roeiseland and the Oeberg sisters who in the first part of the second lap return to the group of pursuers. Eckhoff stretches in the second lap but misses; as well as Tandrevold and Preuss. The Norwegian maintains a 15-second lead over Hanna Oeberg, 18 over Persson and Wierer, more than 20 over Roeiseland, Tandrevold and Elvira Oeberg and soon a group of six forms in pursuit of the Norwegian. Franziska Preuss after the penalty round is at 32.5 Eckhoff is not wrong, only Wierer, Elvira Oeberg and Tandrevold score a 5/5 and find themselves chasing after about twenty seconds, Preuss is at 37.9, Hanna Oeberg is at 40.0, Roieseland who misses twice is over a minute. ahead of Denise Herrmann. A wild Eckhoff closes with a 5/5 and flies to victory with Hanna Oeberg who is not wrong and is at 33.0; Elvira Oeberg, Wierer and Tandrevold make a mistake and play for third place in the last lap. Dorotea is forced to put her knee to the ground and loses ground; on the finish line Tiril Eckhoff wins with 22.5 on Hanna Oeberg, 27.6 on Elvira Oeberg, 28.2 on Tandrevold and 42.2 on Wierer good fifth.

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