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The mixed silver relay in the grand opening of the Anterselva world championship event. Word to Vittozzi, Wierer, Hofer and Windisch after the feat that has also scared Norway ...
Thursday 13 February 2020 3 minutes reading time
A dream start, for a practically perfect race that scared even the great Norway which, on the eve of this mixed relay that opened the world championships in Anterselva, seemed unbeatable.
Italy opened as best the home championship could not have done, with Vittozzi-Wierer-Hofer-Windisch again able to get on the podium of a great event in this format for the third consecutive time, after the Olympic bronze of PyeongChang and the world one of Oestersund. The quality of today's silver, however, perhaps goes further.
Lisa Vittozzi launched the relay as ... as usual: "We did almost nothing wrong, we knew that the perfect race would be needed - the words of the sappadina in the post race - I am proud to be part of this team".
For Dorothea Wierer, the first world confrontation with Tiril Eckhoff, with the fraction ended in 2nd place in a matter of seconds by the Norwegian: “We knew it would be very difficult to beat them, I did two refills and it was not optimal, but I'm obviously very happy of the final result ".
Lukas Hofer won an amazing third fraction, dueling with Tarjei Boe: “It's a phenomenal second place, here at home ... it's super. We couldn't have started better â€, echoes the host Dominik Windisch, who held the rhythm of Johannes Boe for two laps, even making the title dream. "If I thought about gold? Yes, I believed it and I tried everything for everything, then those two mistakes on my feet luckily didn't cost a medal that is splendid ".
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