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In the sprint Oslo comes a milestone in the history of men's biathlon. Arnd Peiffer, than to break a fast staff that lasted for three years now, has signed the 100th victory of the united Germany in top-level competitions.
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Success & egrave; arrived unexpectedly Since & eacute; Martin Fourcade seemed to have ended the game with a zero at the shooting range and a final round in rhythm sostenutissimo path.
Instead the German party when French was now on the home straight 'arrival, he subverted hierarchies. The next twenty-eight stationed in Clausthal-Zellerfeld in turn covered all targets and compared well with the Catalan in the final round, winning by a margin of 3 "3 on trans.
The 'statement of Peiffer & egrave; all fuorch & eacute; a surprise. It should not be forgotten as the Teutonic had already & agrave; won five times in this format, including a World Championship gold, and like gi & agrave; climbed the podium in Ruhpolding in the current season. However long the 'athlete of Niedersachsen was unable to establish itself in the World Cup and curiously his last hurr & agrave; had just arrived in Oslo, February 4, 2012.
As said earlier, the victory is a milestone for Germany that touches the 100 successes after reunification (177 are also adding 57 and 20 dell''Est dell''Ovest prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall). As seen so far during the 'winter' honor to sign the hundredth statement apparently designed to Simon Schempp, who today was wrong twice and & egrave; went beyond the thirteenth place, losing more ground in the race for the Crystal Ball. & nbsp;
Indeed Fourcade avr & agrave; also had to give up at the first position due to the time of the shot slightly more & ugrave; dilated than Peiffer, however pu & ograve; smile looking at the overall standings of the World Cup, as he beat all rivals.
Besides the gi & agrave; cited Schempp, Anton Shipulin (clean shooting) completed the podium, thus yielding 6 lengths to French. Moreover Jakov Fak (1 + 1) concluded nineteenth, reduced to a flicker seeing their hopes of representing a credible contender. For & nbsp; & Martin Fourcade is egrave; brought to 777 points, with Schempp according to 699, to 684 and Fak Shipulin third quarter with 648.
Mention 'honor for Lars Helge Birkeland, who finished fifth resulting in the best of Norwegian and probably earning in extremis the convocation for the World Cup. Notably as now every mistake has been paid a dear price Since & eacute ;, always concerning Norway, Johannes Thingnes B & oslash; & Egrave; was the 'only athlete in the top ten missing a target.
Speaking of shooting, begins to become suspicious that there is something wrong in the team's World Cup Italian, whose rates have plummeted since last year. Lukas Hofer (2 + 0) has collected a punticino, finishing fortieth. Thomas Bormolini - allenatosi in the summer with the Under26 - has not missed targets, but you & egrave; placed forty-fifth. Instead, they concluded in the rear Christian De Lorenzi (2 + 3) and Dominik Winsdisch (4 + 2). However with today's result the 'Italy sees more and more & ugrave; increase the chance of losing a bib for the next season, falling to a contingent of four men.
In the ranking of specialty & agrave; the sprint Schempp remains red bib, but sees eroded around the margin of advantage it enjoyed before the race today. The German remains the lead with 329 points, but you Fourcade & egrave; brought to 327 with Shipulin third 293, fourth 287 Fak and Johannes B & oslash; fifth to 270.
OSLO - SPRINT MASCHILE1. PEIFFER Arnd [GER] (0 + 0) 24''57 "02. FOURCADE Martin [FRA] (0 + 0) 3" 33. Anton Shipulin [RUS] (0 + 0) 15 "44. Birnbacher Andreas [GER] (0 + 0) 18" 55. BIRKELAND Lars Helge [NOR] (0 + 0) 19 "16. FILLON MAILLET Quentin [FRA] (0 + 0) to 27" 47. MORAVEC Ondrej [CZE] (0 + 0) to 29 "48. B & Ø Johannes Thingnes [NOR] (0 + 1) 29" 99. Dominik Landertinger [AUT] (0 + 0) 33 "010. GARANICHEV Evgeniy [RUS] (0 + 0) to 35" 4 Click here for full results.
As for the schedule, tomorrow day's relay. Women will be on track from 12:15, while the men from 14.30. & Nbsp;
Postscript: the competition today & egrave; the demonstration that those who say that the races starting at intervals are less spectacular competitions sull''uomo, biathlon understands little or nothing.
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PEIFFER Arnd
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