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The 'pursuit of Antholz ended a run of five straight wins in the resort of Simon Schempp & agrave; South Tyrol. To stop her Filotto & egrave; Anton Shipulin state, which is the same athlete who, three years ago, he won the 'last race before dell''inizio the quintet.
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Right from the start it & egrave; understood as the German skiing was not in his best day, as it has mainly been careful to defend itself without forcing the pace. Therefore in the second round & egrave; It reached both from Russian by Simon Eder, while the rest of the competitors already & agrave; detachments paid quite high.
The twenty-eight Tyumen missed one target at the second shooting, but later shown to be in a dazzling recovering almost 20 "on the leading pair, consisting of the Teutonic and dall''austriaco. Quest''ultimo missed the third polygon, while the pi & ugrave; young opponents were clean, ricompattandosi shortly after.
Schempp and Shipulin are then arrived together at the decisive session. The Russian shot pi & ugrave; quickly and missed the third target. The twenty-seven of Baden-Wü; rttemberg had the 'opportunity & agrave; to impose himself, but had to give up the success is not sending to sign the 'last bullet. The Siberian & egrave; then stolen to the first victory of the season, while the Teutonic you & egrave; He had to settle for the square of 'honor. Therefore Ole Einar Bj ø rndalen remains the 'only athlete to have won six races in a row in the same resort & agrave; (Soldier Hollow).
Third place & egrave; went to Johannes Thingnes B ø ;, which for the first time in his career gets on a step of the podium other than pi & ugrave; high. The young Norwegian & egrave; did well not to lose 'mind after a double penalty payment agrave; on the ground and in the final meters it was right to Martin Fourcade. Quest''ultimo was keen to emphasize that the transition to empty yesterday was an episode and today has found the first shoot-out season, becoming the protagonist of an overwhelming comeback from twenty-eighth place to start.
The constant Eder & egrave; certificate in sixth place, beaten in the sprint by a good Arnd Peiffer and just in front of Anton Babikov, able to recover twenty-seven positions compared to the initial one. The twenty-four Ufa adds, for a change, further quality & agrave; the Russian team and increases the difficulty & agrave; technical staff in having to manage a movement with ten competitive athletes in the World Cup.
Speaking of Russia, Maxim Tsvetkov has wasted a great opportunity Because & eacute ;, collapsed in the back due to a sensational fourth in the opener, then he climbed up the china all''undicesima square, demonstrating a competitiveness & agrave; marred by the shooting opening debacle. Among the big Tarjei B ø He did not steal the 'eye and finished eighth, while Emil Hegle Svendsen has climbed fifteen positions finishing twelfth.
Conversely home Italy all athletes have slipped behind the sprint. The best blue & egrave; was Dominik Windisch (0 + 2 + 0 + 3), the twenty-seventh. Lukas Hofer also has sharp points (1 + 0 + 2 + 2), thirty-fourth, while Christian De Lorenzi (2 + 0 + 2 + 1) is & egrave; It ranked forty-fourth.
Martin Fourcade consolidates its leadership in the overall standings of the World Cup rising to 711 points against the 550 of Tarjei B ø ;. Shipulin themselves in third place with 514, bypassing Svendsen (508). Schempp & egrave; Always fifth with 483.
In the ranking of specialty & agrave; dell''inseguimento the transalpine flies to 271 points ahead of Tarjei B ø (206), Shipulin (199), Svendsen (181) and Schempp (168).
Tomorrow, the program ends with the relay. The women will race at 11.30, while the men will compete starting at 14:40.
ANTHOLZ - TRACKING MASCHILE1. Anton Shipulin [RUS] (0 + 1 + 0 + 1) 31''51 '' "9 2. SCHEMPP Simon [GER] (0 + 0 + 0 + 1) 10" 33. B & Ø Johannes Thingnes [NOR] (2 + 0 + 1 + 0) 14 "14. FOURCADE Martin [FRA] (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) 17" 55. PEIFFER Arnd [GER] (0 + 0 + 1 + 0) to 34 "76. EDER Simon [AUT] (0 + 0 + 1 + 1) to 35" 87. Babikov Anton [RUS] (1 + 0 + 0 + 0) 38 "98. B & Ø Tarjei [NOR] (0 + 1 + 0 + 1) in 51" 89. Landertinger Dominik [AUT] (0 + 2 + 0 + 0) to 52 "810. GARANICHEV Evgeny [RUS] (0 + 1 + 1 + 1) to 55" 8
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