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Today were the 'Ibu has made official that, starting in 2019, the race mixed pairs - or single mixed as & egrave; officially called - entrer & agrave; part of the World Cup program.
Friday 8 July 2016 4 minutes reading time
The format & egrave; Born in racing-performance, noted that of Gelsenkirchen, but in 2015 began to also have official value.
After a couple of seasons of testing, the International Federation has decided to add it to the World Championship schedule starting dall''edizione scheduled a & ouml; stersund in three years, bringing cos & igrave; to 12 the number of appointments that will award medal.
Implicitly, the next step will be & agrave; to ask the IOC the 'entrance of the competition also in the calendar of the Olympic Games, probably already & agrave; those of 2022.
Beyond the & agrave; the many fine words for the occasion pronounced the institutional offices of the case, which enhance the 'introduction of new competition as an advantage for nations whose movements have with pi & ugrave numbers; reduced, reality & agrave; the facts say exactly the opposite.
In fact, so far the 'Ibu has always positioned the Single Mixed in the same day of the Mixed Relay, often forcing the technical staff to focus stronger on one of the two tests, sacrificing the' other.
It & egrave; proof what happened in Canmore last February, with France and Austria decided to deploy its toes in the test in pairs, resigning himself to play the part of the appearance in the competition in four fractions. Conversely, the 'Italian made the opposite choice.
Practice shows the 'exact opposite of what is stated dall''Ibu. The Single Mixed, pi & ugrave; as a favor to the nations second-tier, & egrave; a gift to the superpowers. On the 'other hand, Norway, Germany and Russia will not & egrave; a problem finding three sex-athletes of the highest level, while other teams will must be in a position to select one of the two races and bet hard on it, giving de facto all''altra.
The 'obvious consequence sar & agrave; to see the main competitive nations in both contexts, with different opponents to memorize options ;, depending on the decisions made dagi other countries.
However, this & egrave; the will & agrave; dell''Ibu, and biathlon will become & agrave; the first Olympic winter sports to boast two mixed competitions in the program of their own World Cup.
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