BiathlonAlpen Cup
Great show this morning at the Carnia Arena in Forni Avoltri. The Federal Center located in Piani di Luzza, in fact, hosted the individual tests valid for the OPA Alpen Cup of Biathlon.
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The two days of Forni Avoltri opened with the men's individual tests which saw among the seniors the solo success of the Swiss Yannik Kreuzer, author of 6 errors at the shooting range (0 + 2 + 2 + 2). A brand new shooting range, equipped with 30 Kurvinen electronic templates, and completed in record time at the end of last October, which proved to be extremely selective in his absolute international debut, so much so that none of the 69 athletes at the start today, he managed to close his race without errors.
Great satisfactions for the Italian colors in the men's Youth race, with the Aosta Valley player Nicolò Betemps (GS Fiamme Oro) (1 + 1 + 0 + 0) authentic ruler of the Friulian race which preceded the Sappada Mattia Piller Hofer by a good 1''48 " (CS Carabinieri) (0 + 1 + 1 + 1) and by 02 '' 05 the other color bearer of the Fiamme Oro, Stefan Navillod (1 + 2 + 0 + 0).
Challenge had to be and challenge was in the women's senior test, characterized by many, too many errors. The winner was Michela Carrara (CS Army) from Valle d'Aosta who, with equal penalties (1 + 2 + 01), preceded by 8 seconds the sappadina Eleonora Fauner (CS Carabinieri) (0 + 2 + 1 + 1) and by 44 "the junior enrolled exceptionally among the senior Rebecca Passler (CS Carabinieri) (2 + 2 + 0 + 0). Federica Sanfilippo and Nicole Gontier, respectively fifth (1 + 3 + 1 + 2) and ninth (3 + 4 + 2 +), underline the expectations 2) authors of too many errors. On the other hand, the performance of Youth (class 2002) Linda Zingerle was convincing, who in the first comparison with the seniors showed an excellent step on skis that allowed her to close in seventh place with 7 errors (1 + 3 + 0 + 3).
Blue triumph also in the Youth women category, with the success that went to the Aosta Valley Martina Trabucchi (S.C. Brusson) in front of the Swiss Chiara Arnet and the home athlete Sara Scattolo (GS Fiamme Oro).
Only foreign athletes took part in the tests valid for the junior categories. In the men's Swiss hat-trick with Jason Drezet (0 + 2 + 0 + 0) who preceded Zberg by 2''23 "(2 + 0 + 0 + 1) and by 5''00 Ehrbar (0 + 3 + 1 + 2) Among the women success of Seraina Koenig (Switzerland) over her compatriot Anja Fischer and the German Jana Fiedler.
Finally, Slovenian successes among the Youth I, where Pavel Trojer prevailed among the boys and Viktorija Meznar among the girls.
Here the complete rankings
The two days of international competitions in Forni Avoltri will end tomorrow with the sprint tests scheduled starting at 10 am.
Here is the sprint start list
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