Biathlon - World Junior Championships
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At Presque Isle Youth Biathlon World Cup ended with the junior relay teams that ended with a total of 16 races sailed in the'' last week.
Friday 7 March 2014 7 minutes reading time
In the women's race the'' gold medal went to Germany consists of Annika Knoll, Heinrich and Luise Marie Kummer. The German trio proved to be the strongest of the day gradually taking the upper hand on the competition.
In particular Kummer, former World Championship bronze in the individual and in the'' tracking'', has been able to rapidly increase the margin on opposing inherited from the two companions shutting down the game in the first half of the last lap''.
'' Silver medal for Russia (formed by Evgeniya Pavlova, Victoria Slivko and Uliana Kaisheva) actually remained on the margins of the struggle for the victory, as they constantly unable to keep pace in Germany. One can therefore conclude that the Russians have maximized their potential by obtaining the square today'' s honor.
The bronze medal went to Austria'', rising gradually to the lowest rung of the podium after a difficult start. At two fractions by Dunja Zdouc and Susanne Hoffmann was followed by that of Lisa Theresa Hauser, managed to hook Kaisheva and annoy Russia, before raising the white flag in the final lap.
Disappointed day of France, stayed away from the podium that was serious candidate. The team Alps, bolstered by a great launch of Mountain Varcin, remained on course for victory until the polygon in the foot of the second fraction where Justine Braisaz botched they have to travel twice a'' ring of penalty, then counter-replicated by Chloe Chevalier. The French then closed behind even sixths of Norway and Kazakhstan. The Scandinavian were themselves a factor in the fight for the medals, but an unhappy polygon on the ground in the final fraction of Frida Kristoffersen has shut down their ambitions.
PRESQUE ISLE - WORLD JR. - RELAY women1. GERMANY [GER] (0 +4) 55'' 47 "82. RUSSIA [RUS] (0 +6) 25" 73. AUSTRIA [AUT] (0 +7) 35 "24. NORWAY [NOR] (1 +7) in 1'' 52" 45. KAZAKHSTAN [KAZ] (0 +10) at 2'' 20 "86. FRANCE [FRA] (4 +8) 2'' 47" 1
The men's race had a very similar trend to that of women. Even among men'' s gold medal went to Germany, composed by Philipp Nawrath, Roman Rees, Ketzer and Matthias Alexander Dorfer. For the Germans arrived a successful team since the quartet has proved capable of expressing the "package" best day of skiing and shooting.
The only serious opponent of the Teutonic in the race for success was Norway, which, however, is the great disappointment of the competition today. Paradoxically, it failed the'' man most anticipated of the quartet, the Tore Leren world champion in individual'' and second in the sprint. The twenty year old has arrived at the shooting range in the final twenty seconds by Germany and by a wide margin over his pursuers, but missed six times seeing themselves forced to go through 3 rounds of penalty. The Scandinavians were then relegated to a'' bitter fourth position.
'' The medal is silver then went to France, clearly the best in the shot just 8 refills used and no penalty turn. The Bleus have found themselves in the lead after the first half after the villages of Aristide Bégue and Clement Dumont, Dany Chavoutier but suffered exceedingly losing ground. Claude Fabien then managed to better the situation of having reason Russia formed by Matvey Eliseev, Eduard Latypov, Ivan and Alexander Alekhin Povarnitsyn who got the bronze medal, however, struggling to be a factor in the struggle for success.
Distant other nations. '' The Italian (Nicolò Maule, Xavier Zini, Denis Oreiller and Maikol Demetz) finished eighth.
PRESQUE ISLE - WORLD JR. - RELAY MASCHILE1. GERMANY [GER] (1 +12) 1:15'' 38 "42. FRANCE [FRA] (0 +8) 52" 53. RUSSIA [RUS] (2 +14) 1'' 02 "24. NORWAY [NOR] (4 +15) in 1'' 45" 95. KAZAKHSTAN [KAZ] (2 +12) 4'' 17 "76. CANADA [CAN] (1 +14) to 5'' 06" 47. SWITZERLAND [ON] (0 +15) to 6'' 17 "08. ITALY [ENG] (2 +12) 40'' to 6 '2
MEDAL FINAL WORLD JUNIOR1. GERMANY 3-1-1 (5) 2. RUSSIA 2-2-3 (7) 3. FRANCE 1-2-1 (4) 4. NORWAY 1-1-1 (3) 5. KAZAKHSTAN 1-1-0 (2) 6. AUSTRIA 0-1-1 (2) 7. CANADA 0-0-1 (1)
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