Here are the blues of biathlon for the start of the cup: Wierer and Vittozzi alongside the rookies Passler and Comola

Ten athletes have been called up for the first races in Oestersund: Hofer and Windisch with Bormolini and the young Bionaz and Giacomel, the choices for the IBU Cup are also official. Lisa Vittozzi's words.

Tuesday 23 November 2021 4 minutes reading time

Everything is also ready for the start of the Biathlon World Cup, starting on Saturday from Oestersund with the Individual which will see ten Italians protagonists. The technical director Fabrizio Curtaz has summoned Dorothea Wierer, Lisa Vittozzi, Michela Carrara and the absolute rookies in the maximum circuit, Rebecca Passler and Samuela Comola, with the men's quintet formed instead by Lukas Hofer, Dominik Windisch, Thomas Bormolini, Didier Bionaz and Tommaso Giacomel . A “long” stage, given that after the first weekend of racing, the team will be back on track from 2 to 5 December for Sprint, Pursuit and relay, which is approached by a decidedly brilliant Lisa Vittozzi in the important pre-season at Idre. “It was a summer spent looking for and finding positive sensations - says Sappadina - The last meeting held in Sweden went very well, we found satisfactory conditions despite a few rainy days. The competitive tests held at the Sverdese championships gave me the answers I was looking for, physically I thought I was going well and the races confirmed what I thought. The most interesting thing is that I kept a good level at the shooting range, I am confident of bringing the good things done in training, even in the competitions that count ". Also in Sweden, but in Idre, the IBU Cup starts with Cedric Christille, Daniele Fauner, Iacopo Leonesio, Michele Molinari, David Zingerle, Hannah Auchentaller, Eleonora Fauner, Irene Lardschneider, Beatrice Trabucchi, Martina Trabucchi, Linda Zingerle, Patrick Braunhofer and Daniele Cappellari lined up by Team Italy. The program proposes the sprints already on Thursday 25 November, followed by another sprint on Saturday 27 ending on Sunday 28 with pursuits.

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