Domracheva vince il duello con Kuzmina nell'Inseguimento di Oslo

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Domracheva wins the duel with Kuzmina in the pursuit of Oslo

The Belarusian has conquered with a 'action in the final 32nd career success in the World Cup, square of' honor for Kuzmina consolidating the leadership in the overall standings.

Sunday 18 March 2018 4 minutes reading time

The two champions, respectively first and second in the Sprint on Thursday, were wrong in the first three polygons, allowing space to come back from behind. Domracheva has made a mistake in both the first and third series, but Kuzmina has even made a mistake four times in the central sessions. Both of them presented themselves at the decisive polygon, and here, in the topical moment of the race, they found the zero, returning to the lead. The fight for the victory was then resolved on the last lap, the Belarusian launched the 'decisive attack on the most challenging climb of the circuit and Kuzmina, perhaps fatigued because of the four rounds of penalty, could not keep its pace . Domracheva was preceded by a 9 "rival on the line-up, while the Slovakian extended the World Cup standings against MÃ¤kÃ¤rÃ¤inen, which is now only 22nd, the two hours separated by 41 points, while Kuzmina is also in the lead with 24 margin points on Wierer. The 'azzurra, starting with bib number 39, has led an excellent race, achieving a 19 out of 20 at the shooting range that allowed her to go up to the 11th position. A difficult day, above all for the shot, for Lisa Vittozzi who slipped from the 10th to the 32nd place with just 6 mistakes, just a few seconds ahead of Federica Sanfilippo, 35th on the finish line. The American Susan Dunklee, after missing two targets, won the third position, climbing for the first time in the season and for the fifth career on the podium in a World Cup competition. Fourth place for the real surprise of the day, the Japanese Tachizaki, fighting for the podium until half of the last round but overtaken in the final by the US. Behind the Japanese have closed Dzhima 5a, Frolina 6a, Dahlmeier 7a, Kaisheva 8a, Vitkova 9a and Hinz 10a. Only 14th Hildebrand, leading the race at the entrance to the last polygon but then sunk in the standings by two errors.

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