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'' The Pursuit Anterselva is extremely exciting with respect to the various upheavals'' starting order determined by the sprint. But to win it again Tora Berger, authentic dominated the first half of the season.
Saturday 19 January 2013 4 minutes reading time
The Norwegian, started with bib number 14, he slowly climbed the slope holding a good pace on the slopes and in spite of two errors in the first three polygons is presented in the sixth position in the final shot where he quickly covered all the targets in contrast to the five opponents that preceded. With the usual tour final scream then had reason to easily Olena Pidhrushna, which was one fatal error, just'' s last polygon. '' The Ukrainian has, however, equaled the best result of his career.
Third place for Kaisa Mäkäräinen once again too imprecise in feet (4 missed targets after they have covered all the ground). The Finnish are increasingly taking on the contours of the placed great (we are today with 29 podiums in his career, among which there are well 13 seconds and 11 third places) and in the last round has passed the'' Russian Olga Vilukhina, fourth, and Germany's Nadine Horchler, fifth. The triumph of Norway has been completed by Ann Kristin Flatland sixth and ninth of Synnøve Solemdal.
With this victory, Berger reached his 22 career thus becomes in the company of Liv Grete Poirée the fourth all-time and Norway's most successful ever. He also touched a record as only Martina Glagow has managed to establish itself in a chase starting out with a pectoral worst (thirteen years ago he won the German starting to fifteenth).
Defeat of a day'' inaccurate Darya Domracheva (less than 6 errors), slipped to tenth place. Therefore, in the overall standings of the World Cup Berger shooting with interest what was lost on Thursday. The Scandinavian leads with 661 points, the Belarusian chasing 522. Andrea Henkel, now the twelfth, it leads to 472 and bypasses the'' absent Gossner stops at 471. Both, however, are approached by the German Mäkäräinen to 465.
Positive results at home with all the Italian athletes in the points. Karin Oberhofer concluded seventeenth missing the second consecutive top ten'' s last polygon, where he went wrong three times. Dorothea Wierer recovered eight places and was placed twenty-first. Nicole Gontier has closed the twenty-fourth, twenty-eighth and Michela Ponza Alexia Runggaldier was confirmed fortieth.
Tomorrow at 10.30 in the women's relay program, after two weekends off before the World Cup in Nove Mesto which will begin on February 7.
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