The joy of the blue for a podium that was missing from 2018: "A prize for the whole team

The women's Italbiathlon, with the third place of Kontiolahti, back in front in the relay after having already sent a great signal at the Olympics. And with the new line-up with Vittozzi closing, the future can change (even if Wierer's decisions are awaited).

Thursday 3 March 2022 3 minutes reading time

A blue joy that had been missing from the format for over 3 years, from that December 2018 which saw Italy triumph, resisting Sweden, in the Hochfilzen relay. In that case it was Federica Sanfilippo who closed for her part and even today the South Tyrolean was one of the great protagonists of the third place of Kontiolahti, behind Norway and Sweden, with a great third fraction for a quartet upset in the order of factors, also with respect to the excellent race that the blues played in Beijing 2022. Samuela Comola opened, with Dorothea Wierer placing the comeback in second, Sanfilippo precisely in third and Lisa Vittozzi moved from launch to closing, which the sappadina played at top levels. “A team result, today we played a very compact test”, Wierer's first words to the IBU microphones, followed by those of Samuela Comola, on the first podium in CdM. "I am very happy, it does not seem true to be awarded in the World Cup - the joy of the Aosta Valley at physi.org - It is the prize for the commitment that our team has always put into this format, perhaps I personally could do something better with the two reloads in the standing shot ". Lisa Vittozzi this time did not tremble with the shooting on the ground, indeed after the first error she was impressive on the following targets, as well as on the last standing range. “I reacted well after the first shot on the ground - explains Sappadina - and the strategy worked. We had been missing the podium for a long time, now we must not stop but continue on this path ”.

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