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After the exhilarating 2011-2012'', Switzerland has returned from a season below expectations. The glories of Swiss movement all depend on the performance of Benjamin Weger.
Wednesday 20 November 2013 6 minutes reading time
BELOW THE PRESENTATION OF SWITZERLAND IN MALE, FEMALE IS ENOUGH FOR THE SECTOR CLICK ON THESE WORDS
Switzerland has made his choices for the inaugural stage as a result of internal testing which was attended by all athletes, as a result there have been some excellent excluded. The squad are the following:
SELECTED FOR ÖSTERSUND Böckli Claudio (1984) CUENOT Gaspard (1991) JOLLER Ivan (1983) WEGER Benjamin (1989)
Despite having only 24 years, Benjamin Weger is already the largest Swiss biathlete of all time as well 4 of the 6 podium finishes in the history of the Swiss Confederation bear his signature.
The twenty-four of the Canton of Valais, however, is recovering from a very difficult winter where he paid well below expectations come about after the'' great 2011/2012. The main problem of the'' last season was a collapse of some 11 percentage points in the shot on the ground compared to the previous year''.
Weger will be able to place themselves in the top ten and eventually back on the podium, but it is difficult to say how often. Crucially depend on the precision on the ground that he will express.
The rest of the team has ambitions decidedly smaller.
The thirty year old Ivan Joller may enforce its quality shooting in the races on four polygons, thus obtaining different points finishes and occasionally showing up in the first twenty positions.
Similar argument can be made for the twenty-nine Claudio Böckli extremely fickle athlete who occasionally will dawn in the top thirty.
Rather difficult to say what might be the prospect of Gaspard Cuenot. The twenty-two registered with the sciclub of La Brevine has earned the right to debut in the World Cup by the results in internal testing.
It is a complete surprise because Cuenot has so far struggled to get into the points at the level of Ibu Cup, where he nevertheless made a couple of exploits. The consistency is not his strong point as it has always revealed obvious limitations in the standing shooting.
'' The newcomer will need to speak properly to keep the place. The internal competition is not lacking and in fact has been done Cuenot prefer to athletes such as Simon Hallenbarter thick and Mario Dolder.
The first, 34 years, career boasts several placings in the top ten, but it is recovering from a bad season and the trend does not seem to have reversed. The second one is much younger, born in 1990, and last year was able to present itself several times in the points, but apparently did not convince the coaching staff in internal testing.
Both begin in the winter'' Ibu Cup and will have the chance to return in the maximum circuit in the event of good results at the cadet.
The 4 ÖSTERSUND CALLED FOR IN BRIEF
WEGER BenjaminANNI: 24VITTORIE: 0PODI: 4CLASSIFICA FINAL WORLD CUP: 18 ° (2011/2012) PERCENTAGE LAST SEASON: Earth 80% - 82% Feet
JOLLER IvanANNI: 30VITTORIE: 0PODI: 0MIGLIOR RESULT: 10 ° postoCLASSIFICA FINAL WORLD CUP: 60 ° (2012/2013) PERCENTAGE LAST SEASON: Earth 87% - 85% Feet
Böckli ClaudioANNI: 29VITTORIE: 0PODI: 0MIGLIOR RESULT: 16 ° postoCLASSIFICA FINAL WORLD CUP: 65 ° (2012/2013) PERCENTAGE LAST SEASON: Earth 89% - 73% Feet
CUENOT GaspardANNI: 22ESORDIO ABSOLUTE LAST SEASON IN CUP MONDOPERCENTUALI: Earth 83% - 55% Feet
SWITZERLAND - Cup victories MONDO0SVIZZERA - BEST RESULT 2ND PLACE (Benjamin Weger, IN Pokljuka, 16/12/2010)
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