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At 16:30 the start of the second Sprint of the season, which opens the long weekend of races also for the men's sector. The men, after the rest on Friday, will in fact be engaged in a relay race on Saturday and in the Pursuit on Sunday.
Thursday 2 December 2021 3 minutes reading time
The dominator of the men's biathlon of the last three years will start with the yellow bib as leader of the general, but sees his throne waver. Success has been lacking since last January, when the Norwegian won in the Mass of Anterselva and, in his favorite format, the Sprint, from the beginning of 2021, when he won both races in Oberhof; the internal and external competition of the Norge team is also numerous and of the highest level. The podium in the Sprint on Sunday is not reassuring, since he arrived with "zero" to the shooting. Specifically, Boe does not seem in top form on skis, where he has not yet been the best of the lot, and gives ground in the shooting time, in the past a strong point.
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The Sprint bis of Oestersund will tell us a lot about the Norwegian's real conditions and who could be the most ready rival in seizing any empty passages. As mentioned, the suitors are many. Suffice it to say that in the last ten Sprints 9 athletes have alternated on the top step of the podium.
At home in Italy, the promoters of the first weekend were Bionaz and Bormolini, both in the points. Judgment suspended for Lukas Hofer, still looking for the best condition after the injury that made him miss a fundamental part of the preparation. Instead, Tommaso Giacomel, much awaited after Idre's results in the pre-season, and Dominik Windisch will have to beat a shot.
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