World Youth 2017: Grandbois and Jeanmonnot win the 'Individual, Italy just missing the medal

The Junior World Championships Biathlon got underway in the Slovak Brezno-Osrblie, new home after the forced resignation of Russia to host them in Ostrov, with the dispute of the Individual Youth category (classes 1998 and following).

Wednesday 22 February 2017 8 minutes reading time

In the men, the 12.5 kilometers have awarded the 'only 100% of the day shooting obtained by Canadian Leo Grandbois, born in 1999, the accuracy achieved with long time shots release combined a strong performance on the narrow skis third time of the day, climbing to the top step of the podium and bringing to Canada's third medal of 'World Gold in the category Youth after the world championships in the Sprint LeGuellec Kurtis Wenzel in 2004 and in 2009. The three penalty shooting forced the Russian Karimulla Said Khalili, Bronze medal nell''Inseguimento of the Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer, to have to settle for the 'Silver medal despite being a half a minute faster than the winner of skiing and a little more in time range. The failure of the triple burden, which costs 45 category ", led him to quit the race to 1''15" from the Canadian. A long comeback after two errors in the first polygon and one additional in the second session allows the German Danilo Riethmueller to trace the fiftieth place of the second lap of the bronze medal thanks to better performance on the day of nordic skiing. Blue Cedric Christille and Patrick Braunhofer confirm the performance that last for YOG took them to the bronze medal in the Mixed Relay: the eighteen Brusson wrong only once in the first polygon on the ground and from the exit of the second polygon is stationed in top positions the launching ranking within decisive with a gap of less than one second from Riethmueller imposing its speed and cross the finish line has a lead of 23 seconds on Christille that has to settle for fourth place. Patrick Braunhofer is eleventh in 3''36 "to the winner with four errors to second. Further back, the other blue: Peter Tumler (2 + 2 + 1 + 1) is the twenty-seventh, Kevin Gontel (2 + 2 + 1 + 3) is fifty-sixth. E '' to signal the 'excellent performance of sixteen (born June 5, 2000) Slovenian Alex Cisar that for half the race is on the podium before falling to ninth place due to three errors nell''ultima shooting session. BREZNO-ORSBLIE - INDIVIDUAL YOUTH MALE 1. Grandbois Leo [CAN] (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) on 32.56.62. KHALILI Said K. [RUS] (1 + 0 + 1 + 1) in 1.14.93. RIETHMUELLER Danilo [GER] (2 + 1 + 0 + 0) in 1:21:54. CHRISTILLE Cedric [ENG] (1 + 0 + 0 + 0) in 1:44:55. TSIURYN Kiryl [BLR] (1 + 1 + 0 + 0) to 2:06:06. LAZOUSKI Dzmitry [BLR] (0 + 2 + 0 + 0) to 2.40.67. KROGSAETER Joergen [NOR] (2 + 0 + 1 + 1) in 2:43:08. Harjula Tuomas [FIN] (0 + 1 + 0 + 1) in 3:04:29. Cisar Alex [SLO [(1 + 0 + 0 + 3) in 3.21.610. STALDER Sebastian [ON] (2 + 1 + 1 + 1) in 3.30.2 Go to full results In the women of the 'gold medal it is won by eighteen of Franche-Comte, Lou Jeanmonnot already Bronze in the Sprint of the Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer. The French only make a mistake at the first standing shooting range and gets the second time on the slopes taking advantage of the double fault on the top polygon which cuts out of the fight for the medals at the entrance to the leader of the session, the Russian Ekaterina Sannikova. Only the 'other Russian, Kristina Egorova, with only one error as the transalpine manages to keep the gap at the finish under one minute, 52 "4 to win the' silver medal while the fight for the third step of the podium is decides on the edge of the latter between the Swedish Elvira Oeberg, "little sister" of seventeen Hanna quest''anno which debuted in the World Cup after winning the Sprint and Pursuit in the Junior category last year, the Russian Sannikova and 'blue Irene lardschneider. at the Gardena not just the best of the lot performance on narrow skis to cancel the 'dell''errore effect in most of the opponents (three against two) to the polygons. at the finish line the Bronze medal goes to Oeberg which precedes by less than two seconds the Russian, it bypassed Ranked nell''ultimo around, and 10 "seconds the 'blue. The blue face enters the top ten also Valdaostan Samuela Comola, baton as Lardschneider Lillehammer Bronze Mixed Relay, which with an error (0 + 1 + 0 + 0) closes in seventh place in 2''15 the winner. And '' the thirty-eighth seventeen Marianna Sartor (1 + 3 + 0 + 1), the fifty-sixth Cuneo Martina Vigna (2 + 1 + 2 + 2). BREZNO-ORSBLIE - INDIVIDUAL FEMALE YOUTH 1. JEANMONNOT Lou [FRA] (0 + 1 + 0 + 0) on 34.00.92. EGOROVA Kristina [RUS] (0 + 1 + 0 + 0) at 52.43. OEBERG Elvira [SWE] (0 + 0 + 1 + 1) to 1:16:14. Sannikova Ekaterina [RUS] (0 + 0 + 0 + 2) in 1:18:05. Lardschneider Irene [ENG] (0 + 1 + 1 + 1) to 01/26/66. IYEROPES Sarya [BLR] (1 + 0 + 0 + 0) to 1.43.87. Comola Samuela [ITA] (0 + 1 + 0 + 0) in 2:15:48. VINKLARKOVA Tereza [CZE] (0 + 2 + 0 + 1) in 2:22:09. Dmytrenko Khrystina [UKR] (0 + 1 + 1 + 1) in 2.24.410. TODOROVA Milena [BUL] (1 + 1 + 0 + 1) at 2.39.3 go to full results

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