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The Norwegian legend, at the helm of the Chinese national team, gave his opinion on the track and shooting range that will be tackled for the Olympic biathlon competitions. Good news for Wierer and Roeiseland ...
Thursday 25 November 2021 2 minutes reading time
The tracks and the shooting range of the upcoming Beijing 2022 Winter Games are similar to Antholz.
This is what was stated by Ole Einar Bjørndalen, consulted in recent days by Tiril Eckhoff, who, having never tried the slopes, wanted an authoritative opinion. The 47-year-old Norwegian, the most medal-winning male athlete of the Winter Olympics, is the top expert on the subject as coach of the Chinese national team, as well as the most successful in history in the Suedtirol Arena with 15 wins and 24 podiums. "The altitude is even higher, about 1700 meters, the area is very exposed and the temperatures are cold and the wind usually blows from left to right, just like in Anterselva," explained Bjørndalen, who spent a year in China. with his family to follow the training of his athletes.
Apart from the cold, it is not bad news for Dorothea Wierer and Marte Roeiseland, authentic matrixes at Antholz 2020, where instead Eckhoff once again struggled.
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