World Junior 2017: Pettersen and Megan Bankes win the 'Individual

Temperatures above freezing and rain in Brezno-Orsblie for the first day dedicated to the Junior category (classes 1996 and 1997) of the youth World Biathlon Championships.

Thursday 23 February 2017 7 minutes reading time

In the field the men's world title goes to the Norwegian Sindre Pettersen an imposing dispersion with nearly a minute advantage over closest rivals despite two errors in the final polygon that has meant that the gap was not abysmal. Of the 'Silver medal was conquered by the German David Zobel who capitalizes on his speed skiing, where he won the fourth lot of time to recover a heavy situation made three errors (0 + 2 + 1 + 0) bypassing and inflicting further gap to three opponents out dall''ultimo around the lead. At the expense, and to exit the podium, I am the 'Austrian Michael Trieb (0 + 1 + 0 + 0) it collects half a minute, the Latvian Ingus Deksnis (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) losing 37 "in a around and the 'Austrian Patrick Jacob (0 + 0 + 1 + 0) accusing "only" 27 seconds. A rate similar to that of Zobel, keeps nell''ultimo around the Russian Nikita Lobastov that with his mistake in the first polygon standing manages to win the Bronze medal. The best of the Italians is the livignasco Paul Rodigari (1 + 0 + 1 + 0) which closes the qunidicesimo place to 2''22 "by Pettersen, Michael Durand, Bronze in the format last year in the Youth category, get the 'eleventh time on the narrow skis, but is held back by 4 errors (0 + 2 + 0 + 2) which impel them in seventeenth position. it '' thirty-ninth Daniele Cappellari (2 + 2 + 1 + 0) while Luke Ghiglione (1 + 1 + 1 +2) ended in forty-sixth position. BREZNO-ORSBLIE - INDIVIDUAL JUNIOR MEN 1. PETTERSEN Sindre [NOR] (0 + 0 + 0 + 2) 40.17.22. ZOBEL David [GER] (0 + 2 + 1 + 0) at 51.23. LOBASTOV Nikita [RUS] (0 + 1 + 0 + 0) at 55.24. TRIEB Michael [AUT] (0 + 1 + 0 + 0) to 1.1.85. DEKSNIS Ingus [LAT] (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) in 1:10:26. Streltsov Kiril [RUS] (0 + 1 + 1 + 1) in 1:12:07. JAKOB Patrick [AUT] (0 + 0 + 1 + 0) to 1.13.98. SEPPAELAE Tero [FIN] (0 + 1 + 1 + 2) to 1:38:39. ZEMILCKA Milan [CZE] (0 + 1 + 1 + 1) in 1.45.810. Dudchenko Anton [UKR] (0 + 0 + 1 + 2) to 1.50.8 go to full results The nineteen year old Megan Bankes brings to Canada the second medal of 'Oro for this edition of imposing Championships in the women's trial. Always in the top positions thanks to his clear round to shoot, the Canadian exploits the mistakes of the nearest contenders on the top polygon from suicide sports of the Russian Valeriia Vasnetcova entering the fourth session, and comes out with a burden of five errors to drown in twenty-fifth position. Three errors nell''ultimo polygon also for his compatriot Ekaterina Moshkova that slips from second place to eleventh. Save the 'Austrian Julia Schwaiger that limits damage to a single target missed and conquest of the' Silver medal in 48 seconds from the winner. The third step of the podium, with only one error to the first polygon standing, the German Anna Weidel, winner in the same format at the European Championships in Nove Mesto, before compatriot Vanessa Voigt and not just 100% tug of Deborah French Laffont to go beyond the fifth. Janina Hettich seals the 'good German team performance with three athletes in the top six. The best of the blue is Geneva Rocchia (1 + 1 + 0 + 0) to twenty-third 4''01 "behind the winner while Rachel Fanesi thirty-first (0 + 0 + 1 + 2): forty-second, despite the seventh time on skis, Michela Carrara (0 + 2 + 2 + 2). BREZNO-ORSBLIE - INDIVIDUAL JUNIOR FEMALE 1. Bankes Megan [CAN] (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) at 37.22.02. SCHWAIGER Julia [AUT] (0 + 0 + 0 + 1) at 47.93. Weidel Anna [GER] (0 + 1 + 0 + 0) in 1:20:04. VOIGT Vanessa [GER] (0 + 1 + 0 + 0) to 1.35.75. LAFFONT Deborah [FRA] (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) to 1.45.66. HETTICH Janina [GER] (0 + 1 + 0 + 0) in 1:49:07. SOLA Hanna [BLR] (0 + 2 + 0 + 0) to 1.57.68. BLASHKO Darya [BLR] (1 + 1 + 0 + 0) to 2.16.99. SIMON Julia [FRA] (1 + 0 + 0 + 1) in 2.18.410. TANDREVOLD Ingrid L. [NOR] (0 + 1 + 1 + 1) in 2.39.0 go to full results

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