LIVE from Hochfilzen for the women's relay: Norway in search of redemption, Sweden for an encore with Elvira Oeberg to close

LIVE da Hochfilzen per la Staffetta femminile: Norvegia in cerca di riscatto, la Svezia cambia e cerca il bis
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LIVE from Hochfilzen for the women's relay: Norway in search of redemption, Sweden for an encore with Elvira Oeberg to close

At 11:45 am the start of the second women's relay of the season. Italy fielded the same quartet that finished in sixth place in Kontiolahti: Vittozzi at the launch and followed by Lardschneider, Wierer and Sanfilippo.

The blue will try to confirm the good result obtained in Finland and the goal is a placement between 5th and 7th place. Unless surprises and missteps from the most popular nations, the podium does not seem within reach at the moment. Among the nations that instead start with ambitions of victory there are undoubtedly Norway and Sweden. The Norge team, competing with Knotten, Tandrevold, Eckhoff and Roeiseland, will try to redeem the eighth place obtained last week. Overall, the Norwegians seem to have maintained the state of form that made them protagonists in the individual races of the first two stages and start with the favor of the prediction against the Swedes, who seemed to be slightly down. Sweden field Skottheim at the launch and to follow Persson and the Oeberg sisters, with Elvira who will be involved in the fourth stage in place of her older sister Hanna. Here the complete Start list! Here the IBU live timing! Behind the two Scandinavian countries, the hierarchies see France and Germany in the second row. The transalpine, already second to Kontiolahti, will be able to count on a newfound Julia Simon (6th in the Sprint), who will replace Chloe Chevalier. Germany, which instead hopes to see the best version of Denise Herrmann, will have Franziska Preuss, fresh from third place in the Sprint, as ace in the hole in the second half.
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