Live from Le Grand Bornand: the blues try a comeback in the women's pursuit, absent Tiril Eckhoff

At 13:00 the start, with Mars Roeiseland in front of all. Wierer and Vittozzi start in 19th and 20th place and will try to recover for the top positions. There will be no crystal ball holder, who returned to Norway after Thursday's Sprint.

Saturday 18 December 2021 2 minutes reading time

The start of the season showed a bad copy of the Tiril Eckhoff who dominated the last World Cup. Between Hochfilzen and the Sprint of Le Grand Bornand some signs had arrived. However, after 11th place on Thursday, the Norwegian decided to go home and prepare for the Olympic Games. Up there, Norway can count on a sparkling Mars Roeiseland: already three victories this season, two in today's format where they could conquer the third consecutive success and keep open the Norwegian streak that has now lasted for ten races. Here the IBU live timing! Here the start list! Behind the Cup leader are Bescond (+15 ") and Elvira Oeberg (+16"), in attacking position for their first career victory in the CdM. Hauser and Reztsova have an error to make up for and precede the Belarusian couple Alimbekava-Sola. Hanna Oeberg starts with the bib 10 and 42 ”to recover, but the comeback is possible. The blues have sent signals in the Sprint and want to materialize in the test on the four polygons. Vittozzi and Wierer start paired at 1’04 "from the tread and about 50" from the podium area. For Italy there will also be Federica Sanfilippo, 43a at 1’28 ".

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