Biathlon - World Cup Hochfilzen 2017
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Rest day at the World Championships in Hochfilzen. However, there have been small news, some serious, others facetious. Let's see what emerged from the "pause on Monday."
Monday 13 February 2017 6 minutes reading time
WHAT WILL '' MARTIN FOURCADE A 43 YEARS? The Norwegian tabloid VG asked Martin Fourcade if he's going to practice biathlon even when he has 43 years, just as Ole Einar Bjoerndalen. Transalpine decided responded: "But you kidding? I at age 43 spend my time to grow tomatoes in the south of France and to drink good wine!"
GIA '' OVER THE WORLD BY SIMON FOURCADESe Martin made merry, the same can not be said of Major Simon's brother, whose World Cup is already over. The coaching staff has decided to exclude it from 20 km on Thursday, preferring the young Fabien Claude. The 'he announced' by now thirty-three transalpine on Facebook: "8-4-4-6-2-6-4-10. It's not the winning numbers of a lottery, but my placings in the individual World Cup, where it races since 2007. but all good things must come to an end and this sequence will continue. not because of me. I'm disappointed that he could not continue this series, but compared with the 'opinion of the coaches. I hope Fabien Claude can begin its sequence of successes ".
GABRIELA Koukalová AMONG CONCERNS AND NEW Czech SCILe - gold in the sprint and bronze nell''inseguimento - took stock of the situation halfway through its World: "It's not a good thing to stake everything on a race. For example, the sprint is not my favorite format, but I drove a perfect test and won. in this sense I believe that the new pair of skis has played a fundamental role in my performance. to be honest I'm a bit '' concerned about the 15 km, where quest '' year I never did better than seventeenth. In the past I liked, but now seems to be suffering from this type of competition. We will see, maybe it's just a moment. "
PURPOSE OF WITHDRAWAL FOR Anton Shipulin? "I can not guarantee that my career will continue after 2018". With these few words Anton Shipulin hinted that the next would be his final season. That would be pretty amazing, considering how the Siberian end his competitive activity even thirty-one. I wonder if this is a phrase "thrown out", or if there is something brewing.
RETREAT IN VIEW FOR SVETLANA SLEPTSOVASembrano rather more peremptory words of Svetlana Sleptsova, who said he wanted to play as many races as possible in Hochfilzen because this will be his last World Cup. This probably means that the thirty Khanty-Mansiysk will hang the skis on the nail after the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang County.
CZECH TEAM IN PARANOIA OR REALLY THREATENED BY RUSSIANS? The head coach of the Czech Republic Ondrej Rybar said that his team feels under siege by the Russians: "They are trying to intimidate our athletes with threats and hate mail. I think it's the fault of that crazy commentator (Dmitry Guberniev, ed) that foments the minds. They could do anything to colpirci.Per precaution we avoid drinking from bottles already open or accept gifts from the fans. "
"REVEALED" LIASON BETWEEN BØ JOHANNES AND GABRIELA KOUKALOVANella day today was held a promotional event of Fischer attended by all the big names that use these skis. Concluded the usual questions, the biathletes were asked how they will spend the Valentine's day.
Johannes Bø has then created a curtain saying, "I have everything I need here. It will be a perfect Valentine", putting an arm around the shoulders of Gabriela Koukalová as he pronounced the sentence. The Czech has been answering to the game: "It '' impossible, even here c''è my husband. We still have to wait a few days!", Sparking laughter from everyone present.
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