Biathlon
Dorothea Wierer and Lisa Vittozzi, first and third of the World Cup World Cup standings, comment to FISI.org's correspondents about their Mass Start and the start of the season.
Sunday 23 December 2018 3 minutes reading time
"The fourth place might seem a little disappointing thinking that up to a few meters from the end I was second but I'm equally happy", explains Dorothea, "Today I did a bit more effort, we saw on the last lap, when I could not contain the recovery of Fialkova and Chevalier and I knew that Kuzmina was faster, three races in three days made themselves felt, up to now I count a nice 9 on report card, occasionally through the ups and downs with the shot, but surely we have experienced three very positive stages both in terms of placing and performance ". The Christmas break has arrived and "I will rest for a few days now, then I will participate with Lukas Hofer at the Gelsenkirchen performance on 29 December", concludes Wierer, "we will resume the race from Oberhof on 11 and 12 January with even more charge ".
It 'was a Mass Start of tribulation for Lisa Vittozzi, twenty-seventh on the line: "I've heard since the morning it would have been a race of suffering," says Sappada, "I felt very tired, the first lap I broke off immediately, can happen on these occasions, when you compete three times in as many days.I struggled both head and body, but I tried to hold on until the end, remaining focused and I did not want to overdo it and finish too much off because I missed the The only goal was to reach the finish line, now archive this day, arrival at the Christmas break with the third place in the general without ever being on the podium, I am sure that 2019 will give me great satisfaction ".
Source: FISI.org
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