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On the day that opens a door to the solution of the crisis between the government and insurgents that led to more than a hundred deaths in recent days in Kiev, Ukraine can celebrate the'' second'' gold medal in its history at the Winter Olympics. After Oksana Baiul, who won in the women's artistic'' Lillehammer 1994 arrives today that the relay (also in pink) in the biathlon.
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After a discreet launch of Vita Semerenko, Juliya Dzhyma took command of operations in solitude at the standing shooting amassing a lead of about 25 "on opponents that are credited to the podium.
Valj Semerenko despite a polygon standing shivering where he went wrong 3 times before using to perfection refills, has managed to maintain the same margin thanks to a step on the slopes greater than direct competitors.
In the last part Olena Pidhrushna handled beautifully forces in the first two rounds (where the pursuers approached considerably) and its polygons, and then take off in the final round.
The'' gold then goes on with the quartet of higher average quality of the field starters. It is however the first success in a Ukrainian women's relay of a great event. In the past, the former Soviet republic had stopped three times the square of'' honor and as many to the lowest rung of the podium, all the World Cup.
'' Silver medal for Russia that is more oxygen after days rather troubled. Yana Romanova, Olga Zaitseva, Olga and Ekaterina Shumilova Vilukhina have done everything in their power by collecting the best possible result during the day today. The Russian relay team on the podium in five circles for the seventh time in as many editions, but it should be noted how close the women's movement for the first time in the history of the Olympic Games without winning even a gold.
Bronze medal for Norway, on the eve was considered the most credible rival of Ukraine''. The Scandinavian'' l have probably paid sick leave Synnøve Solemdal, replaced by Fanny Horn that the launch has paid a heavy detachment from Russia and Ukraine. Tiril Eckhoff has become the protagonist of a'' good locality, as it is well behaved Ann Kristin Flatland. A close instead Tora Berger has failed to make a difference, especially in the'' final round, where he has gained nothing on Vilukhina. For the veteran and Eckhoff is in each case the third medal Sochi 2014.
The fight for the podium in fact has not affected other nations, if you exclude a surprising Canada, before falling to eighth place'' because of its'' s debacle last polygon Zina Kocher, had found himself in contact with Russian and Norwegian.
'' The Italian finished in sixth place getting a result in line with the potential of the quartet deployed. Great launch Dorothea Wierer, even able to close the lead, and solid performance by Karin Oberhofer to close. In the middle of so many missed targets by Nicole Gontier and a lot of effort on your skis for Michela Ponza. However, you can not throw the cross on factional intermediate since the medal was not a simple goal to achieve and in front of the blue came medium quality teams or higher, or with the absolute level of individuality.
Losses of the day Germany, Poland and France, candidates for the podium and whose race is over instead of done in the first few bars of the launch.
The black day of the German remained down from the podium of the Olympic relay for the first time in history, was started with a positive doping Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle and ended with a crash, and the consequent problems rifle, Franziska Preuss on the first lap. The Bavarian teen has changed in almost 3 minutes and the Teutonic concluded eleventh. So no Olympic medal in women for Germany, it had never happened.
The Polish rather have paid an extremely disastrous polygon ground Krystyna Palka, even forced to go through the ring'' penalty four times, and you are placed tenth. Even retreat to France as Marie Laure Brunet, given in poor physical condition, was the victim of an illness in the second round and is literally collapsed on the track being transported on a stretcher to the medical center. There are no official statements, but should not be anything serious.
SOCHI - OLYMPIC GAMES - RELAY women1. UKRAINE (UKR) [0 +5] 1:10'' 02 "52. RUSSIA (RUS) [0 +4] 26" 43. NORWAY (NOR) [0 +5] 37 "64. CZECH REPUBLIC (CZE) [0 +9] 1'' 23" 25. BELARUS (BLR) [1 +8] 1'' 30 "96. ITALY (ITA) [1 +9] 1'' 40" 8
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Tomorrow ends the program with the men's relay biathlon where Ole Einar Bjoerndalen go hunting'' s yet another record within the Olympic Winter Games.
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