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Have ten days medley relay Östersund, consequently begun its series of presentations of the various national. It starts from Germany as the first country to communicate their athletes for the inaugural stage.
Thursday 14 November 2013 12 minutes reading time
The Germans in fact men have decided to Östersund even in September, right after the national championships.
ATHLETES FOR ÖSTERSUND: Andreas Birnbacher (1981), Florian GRAF (1988), LESSER Erik (1988), PEIFFER Arnd (1987), SCHEMPP Simon (1988) + a sixth man eventually chosen based on the results of the races of Ibu Cup Idre
Andreas Birnbacher occurs at the start of the new winter with gallons of leaders of the movement. The thirty-found maturity racing only once scollinati 30 years thanks to the achieved stability at the shooting range, where in the past alternated periods of grace to others disastrous.
The Bavarian spring has obtained a rather serious injury to his right knee playing football. The injury forced him to observe a forced break of four weeks, but in that of the'' athlete'' problem should not affect you in performance.
Indeed, Birnbacher has openly stated aim for the best possible placement in the World Cup because "with the current level of men's biathlon not much you can afford to stake everything on the big event and expect to win a medal."
Over the past two years, the'' athlete Schleching closed the overall standings to third (2011/2012) and fifth (2012/2013) then place showing to be competitive in the'' arc of the season and to follow the made to his words.
Of course, an Olympic medal is in the thoughts of Birnbacher (which the World Championships in Ruhpolding 2012'' s last polygon shot to win the'' gold'' both in the individual and in the mass start before you get with a handful of flies in Due to an error too), if only because it stated that those in Sochi should be his last Games. The Bavarian could then pursue his career beyond 2014, but the rifle hanging on a nail before Pyeong Chang, 2018.
Home Germany hopes to recover fully Arnd Peiffer, back from a vintage anonymous'' to its full potential. In the recent past twenty-six of Clausthal-Zellerfeld has been shown to express themselves on excellent levels both in the long run, having picked up fourth place in the overall ranking for two consecutive winters (2010/2011 and 2011/2012), that in the great seasonal event , having won a world championship gold (sprint Khanty-Mansiysk 2011).
L'' matt 2012/2013 has Sprinto the first biathlete of Niedersachsen able to impose itself in the World Cup to make changes in his summer preparation. During the off-season'' Peiffer has not made proclamations, keeping a low profile, but the German championships in September won the national title in pursuit'' and in'' individual, excelling also in the Cup, which is the overall ranking that takes into account all the races. Prelude to a return to the summit?
About German championships, twelve months ago were the pilot of'' explosion of Erik Lesser, even grown to the point of becoming the number 2 of the German team. The twenty-five of Oberhof is required to confirm the results of last winter and possibly an improvement, especially its physical condition. In fact, it is often seen him collapse in the final laps. In any case, in the mass start of Nove Mesto na Morava has been shown to have margin and to be competitive with the strongest in the'' arc of the whole race.
In 2013, the national championships this might be the signal for the explosion'' of another class 1988 that Florian Graf long-awaited (and never arrived) at the top of the circuit. In September, the Bavarian gave a hard time at Peiffer years in Germany and is considered a big potential of the discipline. '' So far, the athlete registered with the sciclub of Eppenschlag is most famous for having pointed the rifle to the face (with the appropriate disqualification for failure to comply with safety standards) to clean the pin blocked by snow, and only short sections showed talent that is accredited. '' The impression is that he has available all the pieces of the puzzle to be competitive at the highest levels, but has not yet managed to stick them in the correct manner.
Completing the trio of 1988 Simon Schempp, in the past able to get on the podium at the World Cup but the author of a 2012/2013 undertone due to repeated illness. During his junior career in Germany was even called the'' heir of Ricco Gross. Definition somewhat challenging, but designed to highlight the qualities of the polygon'' s athlete of Baden-Wurttemberg. In truth, in recent years the good Schempp has stayed away from the precision shown at youth level and to be competitive in the long term will necessarily have to raise their rate by a few points.
The five athletes mentioned all start with'' ambition to get podiums (if not wins). Behind them, however, there is a vacuum. In fact, the coaching staff did not make further calls for Östersund despite having to have another chest, which could be entrusted to some of the athletes engaged in Ibu Cup in Idre on 23 and 24 November in the case of particularly convincing results.
This is not good news Benedikt Doll (born in 1990) and Johannes Kühn (1991). The two had space last winter, but did not meet the technical during the German championships, so if they want to regain the place will have to go through the back door trying to beat the competition of the class'' 86 Daniel Böhm (which is assuming the contours of'' eternal unfinished) and Christoph Stephan, once capable of winning the World Cup but for years now disgraced. It goes without saying that Doll and Kühn have far more prospects of its direct competitors, if only because it'' s age is on their side.
The 5 Östersund IN BRIEF
Birnbacher AndreasANNI: 32VITTORIE: 6PODI: 15CLASSIFICA FINAL WORLD CUP: 3rd (2011/2012) PERCENTAGE LAST SEASON: Earth 91% - 83% Feet
PEIFFER ArndANNI: 26VITTORIE: 6PODI: 14CLASSIFICA FINAL WORLD CUP: 4th (10/11 and 11/12) PERCENT LAST SEASON: Earth 82% - 84% Feet
LESSER ErikANNI: 25VITTORIE: 0PODI: 2CLASSIFICA FINAL WORLD CUP: 16 ° (2012/2013) PERCENTAGE LAST SEASON: Earth 86% - 77% GRAF FlorianANNI Feet: 25VITTORIE: 0PODI: 0MIGLIOR RESULT: 4th postoCLASSIFICA CUP FINAL WORLD: 21 ° (2011/2012) PERCENTAGE LAST SEASON: Earth 84% - 84% Feet
SCHEMPP SimonANNI: 25VITTORIE: 0PODI: 2CLASSIFICA FINAL WORLD CUP: 26 ° (2011/2012) PERCENTAGE LAST SEASON: Earth 84% - 84% Feet
GERMANY - Cup victories MONDO171 (GER 94 + 57 + 20 GDR FRG) GERMANY - LAST SUCCESS December 16, 2012, Andreas Birnbacher, MS PokljukaGERMANIA - 18-race winless streak
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