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Hanna Oeberg and Sebastian Samuelsson imposed themselves in the opening round of the World Cup characterized by gusts of wind at the shooting range that spared no one.
Saturday 30 November 2019 4 minutes reading time
On the final bill, no pair was able to avoid and only five teams attended on one occasion. The Olympic and World Champion of the Individual decidedly started badly, and in the first half in both shooting sessions the three refills are not enough, forcing the home team to a handicap start that seemed to have put it out of the game.
A positive Sebastian Samuelsson, three refills on the two fractions, and a rediscovered Oeberg, which closes the third fraction using only two, take advantage of an excellent speed on narrow skis to climb position after position exploiting the collapse of the two couples who dressed during the race the role of the designated winners.
The first part of the race by the Ukrainian Merkushyna and Tyshchenko is perfect with the net run of the first fraction and a single top-up used by the 25-year-old who in 2012 picked up two bronzes at the junior World Cup; the advantage of about half a minute at the entrance of the sixth polygon is reassuring but Anastasyia Merkushina collapses and with the 8 shots available only two targets close, three penalty laps and goodbye dreams of glory with Tyshchenko taking home the fourth final place.
To take advantage of the Ukrainian collapse is the Germany of Franziska Preuss and Erik Lesser coming out of the third fraction having used only 6 reloads with a fifteen second advantage over the returning Sweden; in the last fraction's session on the ground Lesser maintains the advantage with a 5/5 but implodes at the last polygon where he has to turn, leaving the go-ahead to the hosts who impose themselves with 18 seconds of advantage.
The third step of the podium is occupied by Marte Olsbu Roiseland (0 + 8) and Vetle Christansen (1 + 8) at 40.4 by the winners and with 17 seconds ahead of Ukraine before an excellent Estonian pair (1 + 8) composed of Oja and Zahkna, fifth at 1.01.6.
Italy is eighth at 1.51.7 with Federica Sanfilippo paying three penalty laps while Thomas Bormolini after a lap and 4 recharges in the second fraction closes well with only one recharge in the last recovering from the thirteenth position.
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