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Absolutely Flawless, or if you prefer "absolutely flawless". This is serious; the 'only adjective associated all''odierna provision of Gabriela Soukalová, winner of the sprint went on stage on Presque Isle snows.
Thursday 11 February 2016 6 minutes reading time
The Czech was fifth time on skis and covered all the targets, being the 'only one of the ten best athletes in the fund not to take the' of penalty & agrave ring ;. It & egrave; achieved a clear success, the 'eleventh of his career and the third in a season in which the Bohemian does not & egrave; It never scored worse than ninth.
The square of 'honor & egrave; He went to Susan Dunklee, good at finding a rare zero for her shooting. The 'athlete of Vermont, who just the day after festegger & agrave; the thirty springs, took advantage of the best of many dell''imprecisione favorite pi & ugrave hoisting; at the top than he had ever done.
Moreover, the second place is the best result ever in the history of un''americana the Women's World Cup. It is matched what was done more & ugrave; a quarter of a century ago by Anna Sonnerup in sprints held in Walchsee 3 February 1990.
The podium & egrave; It was completed by Krystyna Palka-Guzik, good to be confirmed at the summit after gi & agrave; He attended the noble neighborhoods in the standings last week in Canmore. How Dunklee the thirty-Polish & egrave; It was perfect on the shooting range, surpassing those who did wrong on the pitch.
Marie Dorin Habert of all, fourth and forced to give up the victory due to its target sull''ultimo error. The same holds true for Kaisa M & ä ä k; r & auml; inen, fifth. Dorothea Wierer & egrave; however it has been burdened by two penalty & agrave; and despite a superb test on non-ski & egrave; It went beyond the seventh coin, also beaten by Selina Gasparin.
Among the big disappointed Olena Pidhrushna, only fourteenth and classificatasi just in front of the Latvian Baiba Bendika then get another result of weight after the sensational fifth place of Canmore. It should be underlined the 'eleventh Celia Aymonier position despite a double fault on his feet. The Alps, which until last season was competing in cross country, more and more convinced of & ugrave; with all due respect to those who think that the French do not understand anything about biathlon.
Homemade Italian Wierer & egrave; It was the 'only light in a day rather opaque. Karin Oberhofer least (1 + 2) and Federica Sanfilippo (1 + 1), respectively, twenty-ninth and thirty-fourth, have entered into the points from which & egrave; Lisa Vittozzi been excluded (2 + 1), forty-sixth.
Soukalova back to stretch in the overall standings of the World Cup reaching 823 points. Wierer & egrave; always second to 708, but Dorin Habert to you & egrave; approached 700. The 'absent Hildebrand & egrave; fourth at 596, hounded by M & ä ä k; r & auml; inen (593).
The Czech also strengthens its leadership in the ranking of specialty & agrave; the sprint climbing to 316 points against the 251 of Dorin Habert, 247 Wierer and 238 Pidhrushna.
Tomorrow in pursuits program. The men will race at 17.30, while the women will start at 19.10.
PRESQUE ISLE - SPRINT FEMMINILE1. SOUKALOVA Gabriela [CZE] (0 + 0) 20''02 "22. Susan Dunklee [USA] (0 + 0) 17" 83. Guzik-Krystyna Palka [POL] (0 + 0) 19 "14. HABERT Marie Dorin [FRA] (0 + 1) 20" 55. M & ä ä K; R & ä INEN Kaisa [FIN] (0 + 1) 24 "56. GASPARIN Selina [ON] (0 + 1) 38" 07. WIERER Dorothea [ENG] (1 + 1) 39 "38. BESCOND Anais [FRA] (0 + 1) 40" 59. Nicolaisen Kaia W ø ien [NOR] (0 + 0) 41 "510. VITKOVA Veronika [CZE] (1 + 0) 44" 8
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SOUKALOVA KOUKALOVA Gabriela
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