LIVE from Oestersund: the women's Sprint opens the second weekend of the World Cup, Hanna Oeberg goes for the back to back

At 13:45 the start of the women's second sprint in Oestersund, the second in five days. Among the 116 athletes registered there will be five blue at the start, with Hannah Auchentaller taking the place of Rebecca Passler, engaged this weekend in the Ibu Cup.

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After a difficult start, the blues are called to strike. Lisa Vittozzi has to raise the percentages in ground shooting that slowed her down in the first two outings of the season, while it will be necessary to understand whether Wierer has solved the technical problems with the rifle, encountered both in the Individual and in the Sprint. For Italy there will also be Samuela Comola, promoted by the technical staff in the second group, and Michela Carrara. Here is the starting list! Here the IBU live timing! Hanna Oeberg, winner of the opening Sprint, will try to carry out the back to back, replicating what she did last year, when with a crackling start to the season she won the first two Sprints in Kontiolahti. The Swede with the success on Sunday interrupted the string of consecutive victories in the Eckhoff format, which stopped at seven. The Norwegian, after a stammering start, decided to play tactics and will start long after her opponents, with bib 111. But the main opponent for Oeberg, in addition to the various Roeiseland, Herrmann, Hauser and Davidova, could be her sister Elvira , which up to now has proved to be the fastest on skis and must realize the excellent state of form.

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