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The "three-peat" by Sean Doherty youth World Cup in Presque Isle has failed for a few seconds. The American, who won the sprint and pursuit of'' Today'' in individual had to settle for the silver medal'', chopped 6 "3 by Yaroslav Kostyukov.
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The Russian won the gold medal'' thanks to the precision, as usual determinant in this race format, as he missed only two targets (no athlete has done better), could then precede to measure the'' American author instead of a 4 errors.
So third medal for Doherty after two golds of the weekend, and also the third medal Russian movement that had already won two bronze medals with Dmitrii Shamaev, today the ninth, between sprint and pursuit.
First podium for France instead, able to harpoon the bronze at the hands of Emilien Jacquelin three penalties, good at close without errors the fourth and final polygon. The transalpine preceded rather sharply Bulgarian Petyo Ivanov.
Now is a result of weight for the Blues, thanks to Andrea Baretto. L'' now nineteen Piedmont (Sunday celebrating his birthday) was in turn one of the best shot of the day at having missed only two targets, closing accordingly in seventh place just behind the Canadian Alex Dupuis and Jules Burnotte, as well as immediately before Marco Groß (silver in the sprint and pursuit), today too foul on the pitch.
Italy also came home in the twentieth place Emil Bormetti (1 +1 +1 +1) and the forty-fourth of Luke Ghiglione (0 +3 +1 +4).
PRESQUE ISLE - WORLD YT. - PERSONAL MASCHILE1. Kostyukov Yaroslav [RUS] (0 +1 +0 +1) 35'' 22 "62. DOHERTY Sean [USA] (0 +2 +1 +1) to 6" 33. JACQUELIN Emilien [FRA] (0 +0 +2 +1) 43 "94. IVANOV Petyo [BUL] (1 +1 +0 +1) to 1'' 27" 35. Alex Dupuis [CAN] (1 +1 +0 +1) to 1'' 45 "66. BURNOTTE Jules [CAN] (0 +2 +0 +1) to 1'' 48" 47. BARETTO Andrea [ITA] (1 +0 +1 +0) 1'' 52 "28. GROß Marco [GER] (0 +1 +1 +3) 2'' 22" 99. SHAMAEV Dmitrii [RUS] (3 +1 +1 +0) 2'' 24 "610. Wallinger Patrick [AUT] (1 +1 +0 +2) 2'' 32" 4Clicca here for full results.
The youth will be back on track Thursday, March 6. At 16.00 the Italian women's relay at 18.30 instead of the'' similar male competition. Tomorrow, will be on track with the junior women's individual'' s 16.00 to 19.00 and the male.
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Yaroslav Kostyukov wins the'' individual youth in front of Doherty. Seventh Andrea Baretto
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