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Russian rule in the first day of the European Championships in Duszniki Zdroj: Loginov after the victory and the five biathletes in the first six in the men, the female test sees two Russian on the highest steps of the podium and five in the top 10.
Wednesday 25 January 2017 5 minutes reading time
He wins the thirty Irina Starykh, fresh from victory in the IBU Cup in Arber in the same race format after serving a two year ban for EPO, parallel story with the winner of the men's title, Alexander Loginov. The Russian, perfect to shoot, destroy the competition on the narrow skis and rooms on the top step of the podium four years after the 'last win in the format of Russia, thanks to Anastasia Zagoruiko.
It closes in second place compatriot Svetlana Sleptsova that pays the 'error to first polygon standing and can not be faster than teammate closing at just over a minute. The young Ukrainian talent Anastasiya Merkushyna, now promoted to a permanent position in the World Cup, is forced to turn to a race run from the penalty suffered in the first session, earns around on tour to Sleptsova but had to settle for third place at just over a second dall''Argento.
And '' fourth Swedish Elisabeth Hoegberg (0 errors, but an important gap from the winner) while skiing impresses the young (22 years old) Russian Svetlana Mironova that despite two errors, limits the detachment from Sleptsova to 1''42 "and nell''ultimo jumps around Karolin Horchler output dall''ultimo polygon with a 25 second advantage. Seventh position for the Latvian Baiba Bendika while Russia square Olga Iakushova all''ottavo place and Daria Virolaynen, dominant in the IBU Cup, the ninth with three errors. disappoints the home fans Magdalena Gwizdon, never in the running for the positions that count that closes in tenth place but worse goes to Krystyna Guzik, thirty-fifth to more than seven minutes, you're worse positions of the German Miriam Gössner (six errors for she).
The 'present only Italian, Nicole Gontier not find the feeling with the Poles polygons: three errors on the ground and one foot in the first 10 km, one plus one in the second half of the race to push the thirty-second place to 7''10.
Duszniki Zdroj - European Championships - Individual F
1. STARYKH Irina [RUS] (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) on 44.24.72. Svetlana Sleptsova [RUS] (0 + 1 + 0 + 0) to 3.1.83. MERKUSHYNA Anastasiya [UKR] (0 + 1 + 0 + 0) in 1:05:04. HOEGBERG Elisabeth [SWE] (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) to 1.37.95. MIRONOVA Svetlana [RUS] (0 + 0 + 1 + 1) in 1:41:56. Horchler Karolin [GER] (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) to 1.41.87. BENBIKA Baiba [LAT] (1 + 0 + 0 + 0) to 2.28.98. IAKUSHOVA Olga [RUS] (1 + 0 + 0 + 1) in 3:20:39. VIROLAYNEN Daria [RUS] (0 + 2 + 1 + 0) in 3.29.910. GWIZDON Magdalena [POL] (0 + 0 + 1 + 1) in 3.30.7
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