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Here are the statements of the athletes on the podium at the end of the two pursuits of Östersund, both masculine and feminine. The words have been collected from Ibu site or national media.
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Gabriela Koukalová: "I am speechless, this is unreal. I never imagined to start the season like this after all the summer adventures. It's fantastic and motivates me a lot. I never expected to hold up the Kaisa pace and I was not feeling so strong on the track, for sure I am saved to the shooting. I tried to shoot faster. I remember almost nothing of the last lap, I was tired and coaches yelling at me that Laura was coming, but I managed to defend the margin. "
Laura dahlmeier: "Two penalties are too many, I think you could achieve the shoot-out, Dorothea showed it. Last lap both my coaches that those Italian hassled us to accelerate to reach Koukalová. If there had been 500 meters longer I could have fought for the win ... Maybe I should attack first and then me, I would be played. Wearing the yellow bib is nice, but we'll talk about in Oslo. My goal is to stay healthy and be competitive in every race. "
Dorothea Wierer: "Last night the coaches had told me - as a joke - that if I covered all 20 targets would be on the podium. I still can not believe it. I do not think I could fight for the podium, but the conditions were not bad at the shooting range as those of the previous days. On the last lap I was with Laura, but I did not anymore. When she really ran away downhill, I realized I had the best of my skis. So I spared save the third place and not make me pick up Lena Häcki "
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Anton Babikov: "Being on the podium with Tsvetkov is special, we are in the hotel roommates. But last night we did not discuss the race today. I went out to walk the streets of Östersund, he stayed in the hotel to watch a movie. Early this morning we went jogging together around the city when there was nobody on the street. On the track I felt great right from the start, but it was very long. I saw that last polygon Fourcade was wrong twice, but I did not think of having to close by force my targets. Keep an open mind is crucial, I said to myself after zero "But it's all true, or is it a dream?". Today we had perfect skis, we have to thank the ski man. During the competition I realized that Fourcade had definitely the worst of our skis, so I got to really have the chance to maintain the advantage. "
Maxim Tsvetkov: "I knew the shot would be crucial and I tried freezing it at all costs. On the last lap I was conscious of having Fourcade at his heels, and my plan was to tag along with him as soon as he joined me for saving the podium, however he did not even hung up! To be honest, Östersund is one of the stages that I like the least. To begin with the food here has no flavor. Also the track is always an unknown, sometimes there is no snow, it is sometimes an ice floe. After all we come in Europe after having trained in Tyumen, where the snow is always abundant, and we must get used to the different conditions. "
Martin Fourcade: "The budget is contradictory in terms of performance, but still pretty good if we look at the result. Needless to deny this for me was a bad race, I started with the 'idea of ​​limiting mistakes, but I made 2. I have done something wrong immediately zeroing. this double penalty made me lose concentration and last polygon was quite nervous. Nell''ultimo lap I suffered because the skis were not exceptional, but this does not justify anything. If I do not won, I can only blame myself. in the end the weekend as a whole was very good, although it's a shame to have left on the plate these 12 points. you will see that in the next stages Shipulin, Bø Schempp and you will see a lot in top positions . The season is still long, woe to give it were slain "
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W Pursuit Östersund (SWE)
SOUKALOVA KOUKALOVA Gabriela
DAHLMEIER Laura
WIERER Dorothea
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Dorothea Wierer scream, third behind un''autoritaria Gabriela Koukalová
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