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Great day for Germany in Antholz. After the success of Andrea Henkel in pursuit'' female'' s statement came even Simon Schempp'' similar in the men's race.
Saturday 18 January 2014 6 minutes reading time
The German, winner of the sprint, won the second victory within twenty-four hours making a difference to the final polygon where he arrived in the small group of five athletes who followed about ten seconds the leader Jean Guillaume Beatrix.
The French, however, has missed a target opening the door to the pursuers. Schempp was perfect and fired with great rapidity taking the lead and never left until the finish. Beatrix has in any case kept an impressive pace in the final lap coming in the wake of the Teutonic Order. The trans has therefore obtained the square'' s honor and the best result of his career.
The podium was completed by the Norwegian Henrik L'' Abee-Lund, in turn capable of equaling his best-result. Unfortunately for him the third place comes too late. In fact, the twenty-seven Scandinavian was not selected for the Olympic Games in Sochi, but at least today we had the satisfaction of overcoming Ole Einar Bjoerndalen. '' The forty-years, left for the twentieth, has become the protagonist of a remarkable comeback (+16 positions), but succumbed in the final kilometers.
Behind the veteran were placed Arnd Peiffer, Björn Ferry and Krasimir Anev, or three men arrived together with Schempp to the final polygon. The German and Swedish, however, have had to give up to the podium due to an error too, while the Bulgarian (while disputing an excellent race) did not have the pace needed to keep skiing blow to the more illustrious opponents.
Martin Fourcade has certainly stolen the'' eye having missed a target in each shooting session. The Frenchman is then placed just in front of the ninth brother Simon, previously in turn in contact with the future winner today polygon decisive.
At home Italy Lukas Hofer has stayed away from the pomp of yesterday, when he won a dead heat with Schempp. The German, in turn, the first success of his career, is now able to repeat. The'' blue instead missed 6 times and collapsed in twentieth position. Markus Windisch (3 errors) concluded thirty, getting the best result of the season. Outside the points Christian De Lorenzi (4) and Christian Martinelli (5) forty-sixth and forty-fourth respectively.
The overall standings of the World Cup sees Martin Fourcade proceed to sea. The Frenchman leads with 534 points, followed by Svendsen (absent in Antholz) with 413. Schempp has resulted in third place with 370, Landertinger is fourth at 365 and 319 Bjørndalen fifth.
Regarding the ranking of specialties, Svendsen remains leading with 174 points. Schempp chases him to 169 with Martin Fourcade Bjørdnalen fourth and third at 164 to 137.
ANTHOLZ - TRACKING women1. SCHEMPP Simon [GER] (1 +0 +1 +0) 31'' 20 "62. BEATRIX Jean Guillaume [FRA] (0 +0 +0 +1) to 1" 53. '' The ABEE-LUND Henrik [NOR] (0 +0 +2 +0) 4 "84. BJØRNDALEN Ole Einar [NOR] (0 +0 +1 +0) 8" 05. Arnd Peiffer [GER] (0 +1 +1 +1) to 8 "66. FERRY Björn [SWE] (0 +1 +1 +1) 10" 67. ANEV Krasimir [BUL] (0 +0 +0 +0) 18 "18. Landertinger Dominik [AUT] (0 +2 +1 +1) 22" 99. FOURCADE Martin [FRA] (1 +1 +1 +1) to 23 "610. FOURCADE Simon [FRA] (0 +0 +0 +1) to 24" 6Clicca here for full results.
Tomorrow, starting at 14.15, the relay. The next race will be the men's individual sprint Sochi,'' scheduled for February 8.
However the Olympic year quest'' not award points for the World Cup, then the first date valid for the Crystal Ball is the sprint Pokljuka March 6.
Before the Olympic Games will be the European Championships in Nove Mesto na Morava, open to all athletes born from 1988 onwards. The first competition will be the individual junior on 29 January.
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Men Pursuit Antholz (ITA)
SCHEMPP Simon
BEATRIX Jean-Guillaume
L'ABEE-LUND Henrik
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