A Khanty-Mansiysk Martin Fourcade is preparing to write new pages in the history of the biathlon [Presentation Male]

Once the World Championships in Kontiolahti the Biathlon World Cup men is going to face the 'final stage of the season, that of Khanty-Mansiysk, Siberia.

Wednesday 18 March 2015 10 minutes reading time

ATTUALITA''I World have confirmed the 'highest average level of the male sector and resolved without a ruler. In fact, no athlete & egrave; managed to win more & ugrave; a gold, although almost all the favorites have put a medal around his neck at least that, in the case of Martin Fourcade, & egrave; obviously metal pi & ugrave; prized. A Khanty-Mansiysk French is preparing to write new pages in the history of the biathlon Since & eacute ;, strong 96-point lead on Anton Shipulin, appears initiated the conquest of the fourth crystal ball row, an achievement unmatched by any among men. Moreover, the victory of the World Cup would allow the twenty six year old Catalan to become the second biathlete in history to complete the Triple Crown twice, enterprise succeeded so far only Ole Einar Bj & oslash; rndalen. As regards the 'Italy, hope & egrave; to be able to get an exploit to close with a positive result a season total stingy of satisfaction. & Nbsp; SITUATION OF THE WORLD CUPS GENERAL (Net of waste) 918 822 Fourcade Shipulin Fak 769 767 685 B & Schempp oslash; J.T. In theory, in the extreme case that Shipulin were to win all three races on the program, it would be enough to get Fourcade always thirteenth to win the Crystal Ball. So, less than sensational debacle, Catalan should have no problem defending the leadership. Sar & agrave; instead sprint between Fak and Schempp to step pi & ugrave; the bottom of the podium. SPRINT 356 Fourcade330 B & oslash; J.T.329 Schempp316 Shipulin314 Fak Â Fourcade favorite to win the Crystal Ball specialty & agrave ;, but B & oslash; Schempp and still have chanche subvert hierarchies, obviously finding the perfect race and hoping that the French give something to shoot. INSEGUIMENTO292 Fourcade257 Shipulin251 Fak A Fourcade sar & agrave; sufficient to reach the eighth to win the Cup specialty & agrave ;. Obviously if Shipulin does not win, the "magic marker" falls further. MASS START188 Shipulin 165 Fourcade147 Moravec146 Schempp144 Fak134 Eder132 Slesingr The favorite here & egrave; Shipulin, for which the placement magical & egrave; sixth place. PERSONAL - Gi & agrave; won by SEMENOV Sergey (UKR) & Nbsp; & Nbsp; STORIAKhanty-Mansiysk is for its location a real Asian leg. In fact, the resort & agrave; & Egrave; located to the east of the Ural Mountains, the natural border between the 'Europe and' Asia. To be precise, the CITY stands on the banks of the river Irtysh, not far from its confluence with the Ob River, at over 1,900 km east of Moscow. The 'Siberian plant & egrave; became the training center of reference in Russia between the late '90s and the' beginning of the XXI century. However in the current decade is facing strong competition from other locations inside & agrave ;, starting from Tyumen, something which will have & agrave; sell the 'organization of the stage of the World Cup in 2017 that both the Russian in 2018. Khanty-Mansiysk has made its entry in the calendar of the maximum circuit in 2000, struggling to & ograve; find resting place, at least until 2007. To date in & nbsp; Nordic Ski Center were played 31 games male individual first level (2 twenty kilometers, 10 sprint 9 chases, 10 mass start), of which 8 with value champion . In fact, despite the 'entata relatively recent in the lap of the World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk hosted gi & agrave; two editions of the World Cup (2003, 2011). Power of the great passion for the Russian biathlon and rubles, that here is no shortage of. No accident that caused serious damage to the slopes and to the stands by a trumpet 'air in the spring of 2012 were repaired in record time. & Nbsp; Are 18 athletes with at least one victory nell''impianto Siberian. Among them, the one who obtains the highest number of successes & egrave; gi & agrave; Martin Fourcade, able to impose itself on 5 occasions, followed by tandem Norwegian Ole Einar composed Bj & oslash; rndalen and Emil Hegle Svendsen, able to excel 4 times each. Moreover on these snows all three have won at least one world title. French dell''inseguimento that in 2011, the year in which the twenty-nine Trondheim & egrave; stated in the mass start. Instead the quarantunenne Scandinavian & egrave; the 'world champion sprint and mass start dell''edizione 2003. & nbsp; Realizing the gi & agrave; cited Fourcade, Bj & oslash; rndalen and Svendsen, are nine men in business & agrave; to claim success in Khanty-Mansiysk. Ivan Tcherezov and Arnd Peiffer excelled 2 times (German however you & egrave; put your neck the 'gold of the 2011 world sprint). Single success instead to Michael R & ouml; sch, Simon Eder, Dominik Landertinger and Tarjei B & oslash; (Meanwhile nell''individuale champion of 2011). In terms of nations on the step pi & ugrave; top of the podium of the Nordic Ski Center waved eight different flags. Commands Norway with 10 statements, followed by France and Germany 6. 3 are the successes of Russia hostess and dell''Austria. Single victory instead for Belarus, Italy and Poland. The 'hurr & agrave; Italian & egrave; dated March 19, 2000 and bears the signature of Ren & eacute; Cattarinussi, able to excel in the mass start. In addition there are four other podiums blue. In that same 2000, two days before the victory of Friuli, Devis Da Canal finished second in the sprint, just as Christian De Lorenzi in 2010 and Lukas Hofer in 2013. Previously, the twenty-five South Tyrolean had also got the bronze in the mass start of the World Championship in 2011 and in general has always sported an excellent relationship with these snows, which came two of the three placings in the top-three of his career.

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