Germany wins women's relay in Anterselva

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Antholz get the first win of the season for Germany in the relay. To make a difference in the German quartet was Nadine Horchler.

Sunday 20 January 2013 3 minutes reading time

in twenty-six tesserata ski club Willingen but transplanted to Bavaria received the baton in third place after the villages of Franziska Hildebrand and Miriam Gossner and has achieved a great time skiing tight without missing any target. Andrea Henkele then match with a twenty-second advantage, and after having her reach because of an uncertain polygon on the ground is still able to better manage the shooting session, closing up in triumph. Piazza'' s honor for Russia (Ekaterina Glazyrina, Olga Zaitseva, Olga and Ekaterina Shumilova Vilukhina) separated by 17 "and third place for France (Anais Bescond, Sophie Boilley, Marie Laure Brunet and Marie Dorin Habert) to 41". Big disappointment for Poland (Krystyna Palka, Magdalena Gwizdon, Monina Hojnisz and Weronika Nowakowska-Zemniak) arrived in the running for the podium'' s last polygon where, however Nowakowska botched too and had to walk two rounds of penalty. The Polish quartet finished sixth, also passed by Norway (too inaccurate in the first three fractions) and'' from Ukraine. Eighth place for the Italian'' to 3'' 10 "a day without infamy and without praise. Dorothea Wierer, Karin Oberhofer, Nicole Gontier and Alexia Runggaldier did not shine nor for speed skiing or for precision shooting, however, have collected a result that consolidates a placing in the top 10 of the ranking by nation, essential to deploy a contingent of five athletes even in winter 2013'' - 14''.

Francesco Paone

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