Biathlon - World Cup Hochfilzen 2017
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This was followed by the convening of the athletes for the World Championships in Hochfilzen (February 9 to 19). Let's see what were the choices of three nations bordering the Baltic Sea, which have also opted for the Ridnauntal as a base to prepare for the World Championship event.
Thursday 2 February 2017 4 minutes reading time
FINLANDIALe fate of Finland chiarmente all depend Kaisa Mäkäräinen, only by team medal card. To keep company with thirty-four of Ristijärvi there will be Mari Laukkanen and Sanna Markkanen, already entered in the points this season. To them he has been added Laura Toivanen, preferred to Tiia-Maria Talvitie as the fourth member of the team.
In the men, the strong points of the team Tuomas Grönman and Olli Hiidensalo, were two young hopefuls aggregates, Loukkaanhuhta Mikko and Tero Seppälä. Nothing to do so for Sami Orpana.
Mari Laukkanen (1987) Mäkäräinen Kaisa (1983) Markkanen Sanna (1990) Laura Toivanen (1988)
GRÖNMAN Tuomas (1991) HIIDENSALO Olli (1991) LOUKKAANHUHTA Mikko (1995) SEPPÄLÄ Tero (1996)
ESTONIAPer As for the "southern cousins" of the Finns, there is an unexpected choice. In the women's field it was decided to convene Meril Beilmann, although he has not yet participated in any nell''inverno competition going on because of a fracture suffered in the summer.
However, the twenty-one has recovered health and the coaching staff decided to insert in the team standings for the event, excluding Grete Gaim who was also Kristel Viigipuu favorite.
No surprises among males, where they will be deployed the same as seen in the World Cup in January.
Beilmann Meril (1995) LEHTLA Kadri (1985) TALIHÄRM Johanna (1993) VIIGIPUU Kristel (1990)
ERMITS Kalev (1992) Kõiv Kauri (1983) LESSING Roland (1978) REMMELG Martin (1989) ZAHKNA Rene (1994)
LITUANIAInfine, as regards Lithuania, there were no surprises of relief. In Ridnauntal you are training the three men and the two women so far have shown themselves more competitive in the maximum circuit. You will see if the convocations will be replenished during the second week of the World Cup, in order to add athletes to compete in the relay events.
KOCERGINA Natalija (1985) RASIMOVICIUTE-BRICE Diana (1984) DOMBROVSKI Karol (1991) Kaukenas Tomas (1990) STROLIA Vytautas (1992)
The lowest common denominator of the three countries bordering the Baltic Sea is the choice of location to prepare for the World Cup. All are training in Val Ridanna, Resort 'origin Federica Sanfilippo, where, however, these days there are also French, Russian and Chinese.
Regarding China, the three girls in South Tyrol are:
MENG Fanqi (1998) Jialin TANG (1991) ZHANG Yan (1992)
They are likely to be involved in the three individual races in Hochfilzen, while a fourth athlete will be aggregated for the relay.
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