In Oberhof the 'alien Martin Fourcade human will return? [Presentation]

Exhausted the usual Christmas break, the World Cup Biathlon is back in action with a stop in Oberhof, now traditional start date in January.

Tuesday 3 January 2017 6 minutes reading time

HISTORY The town of Thuringia has entered the men's calendar in the 1983 season - '' 84, hosting intermittently the maximum circuit in the subsequent three decades. With the 'advent of the twenty-first century the facility - now called DKB-Ski-Arena - has become a classic, finding placement fixed as the first stop of January (except for 2003 -' '04, when you he competed in February to host the World). Actually twice he had to raise the white flag of poor snow. The unfortunate situation occurred in 1993 (when the races were recovered in Ridnauntal) and in 2016, when they quarreled over two stages in Ruhpolding. The special feature of this complex is to have what is widely considered the most complicated circuit dell''intero polygon, since - in addition to being often plagued by wind and fog - you arrive after 600 meters of floor extremely difficult to handle in terms of effort, especially if - as is the case most of the time - the athletes are located upwind. The "zero", therefore, can have a much greater specific weight than other locations. So far in Oberhof you were played 51 first-level individual men's races (6 twenty kilometers, 23 sprints, 10 chases, 12 mass start), including four with iridescent value. Are 28 athletes with at least one victory. Among them stands Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, able to impose itself in 9 occasions. However, it can not but be reminded Raphael PoirÃ©e, according to the number of successes (6) and especially dominating the World Cup in 2004, when he won 3 of 'gold medals in four (sprint, individual, mass start). Including the aforementioned Bjoerndalen, 6 are active athletes to boast successes on the slopes of Oberhof. Martin Fourcade has imposed three times; Tarjei BÃ¸, Dmitry Malyshko and Emil Hegle Svendsen excelled on 2 occasions. Affirmation single Arnd Peiffer. On the subject of nations known absolute domination of the four historical superpowers biathlon. Norway has 14 victories, ahead of the German movement and the Russian who, together, have 12 wins, (7 post-unification as DDR 3 and 2 as "West" for Germany; Russia instead we sum 1 as USSR with biathlete Khanty-Mansiysk to 11 won from 1992 onwards). Fourth position for France (10). The rest of the world has picked up the crumbs. Italy, Poland and Austria have imposed the first time. Â ITALY - HISTORY AND NEWS 'Italy has never achieved much on this slope. The 'only statement is dated January 19, 1995, and bears the signature of Wilfried Pallhuber. Moreover, there are only three more podiums. Pier Alberto Carrara finished third the 'individual of 31 January 1991 and Andreas Zingerle he finished third in the sprint two days later. Finally RenÃ© Laurent Vuillermoz he finished third in the sprint in turn of January 6, 2007. As for men in business, Lukas Hofer boasts two placings in the top ten with a fourth place in the sprint of 2012 as best result. Dominik Windisch however never entered in the thirty and here he did better than he Bormolini Thomas, 21 th in the sprint of 2015. Finally Pietro Dutto and Maikol Demetz have gained an attendance fee, ranking in the rear. Â PROGRAM January 5 - 14.15 - Sprint Male January 7 - 11.30 - Pursuit Male January 8 - 12.30 - Mass Start Men

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