Dorothea Wierer 2nd, 3rd Nicole Gontier. Historic double podium in the Italian sprint in Oberhof

The girls Italu biathlon begin 2015 from where they had ended 2014, or from the top. Today in Oberhof for the first time in the history of the maximum circuit two Italian have finished on the podium in the same race.

Friday 9 January 2015 8 minutes reading time

In the last twenty-four hours' facility located in Thuringia showed completely their repertoire in terms of bad weather. Yesterday the men's relay is & egrave; disputed between a thick fog, but today the polygon & egrave; was buffeted by a strong wind that has multiplied the shooting errors. The two big favorites for success, Darya Domracheva and Kaisa M & auml; k & auml; r & auml; inen, are among those who have suffered extremely weather conditions. No coincidence that both have committed four errors and finished eighteenth and twentieth respectively. The interesting & egrave; represented by the fact of seeing, for the first time nell''inverno, the Belarusian clearly pi & ugrave; performance of the Finnish skiing narrow (28 ", the difference between the two). You will see & agrave; if it's a day particularly favorable to the twenty-eight of Minsk, or whether it is a sign of a turnaround in the balance of power between the two after the December dell''ormai spectacular thirty-two of Ristij & auml; rvi. A winner out of the difficult weather conditions & egrave; Veronika Vitkova was, finally managed to harpoon that success so far always sfuggitole. Contrary to what you might think, the Czech has made a difference in pitch (where he made two mistakes) but has excelled thanks to a sumptuous test in the fund, having realized the second time of the day. It is, however, a particularly significant success Because & eacute; & Egrave; the first in the maximum circuit un''atleta came into the world in 1988. In fact this class, so dominant in the men, had never celebrated a victory among girls, although getting medals in series at the Olympic Games and World Championships. So maiden victory for both Vitkova that for 1988, while the 'Italy - while continuing to flirt with the big target - to be content once again placings. This is obviously a bell''accontentarsi Since & eacute ;, as gi & agrave; nell''introduzione said, never in the history of the women's biathlon 'Italy had collected a double podium among women. The place of 'honor & egrave; went to Dorothea Wierer, author of a single mistake and beat of 8 "8 by the winner. If no more & ugrave; news see the twenty-four-Alto Adige in the top-three (we are three nell''inverno in progress), & egrave; instead a novelty & agrave ; find Nicole Gontier. The twenty-three Aosta Valley has found the famous "day of grace" in the pitch, where he has not missed any target, right in the context of Oberhof, where historically the zero has a specific gravity higher than average. Gontier, virtually in the lead at exit from the second polygon, you & egrave; defense nell''ultimo around the bully back of Franziska Preu szlig ;, & Mari Laukkanen and Gabriela SoukalovÃ¡ - that finish from fourth to sixth. The double podium is likely to pass the undercurrent 'eighth of Karin Oberhofer (0 + 2), again confermatasi in the neighborhoods of the standings. Behind the three-pointed arrived performance all in all pi & ugrave; that dignified by Lisa Vittozzi (1 + 2) and Federica Sanfilippo (1 + 2), respectively, fifty-first and fifty-fifth classificatesi. In the overall standings of the World Cup Kaisa M & auml; k & auml; r & auml; inen keeps the yellow bib with 443 points, but now his pursuer direct & egrave; Dorothea Wierer with 334. The 'South Tyrolean overtook Valj Semerenko, now thirty-ninth, (330) and Darya Domracheva (326). Karin Oberhofer (296) & egrave; Always fifth. The 'Italian moreover & egrave; entry in the top five of the Nations Cup, and since the 'bad habit, it could even aspire to win the full contingent (6 pectoral) for the' winter 2015 - '' 16. OBERHOF - SPRINT FEMMINILE1. VITKOVA Veronika [CZE] (1 + 1) 22''40 "0 2. Dorothea WIERER [ENG] (1 + 0) to 8" 83. GONTIER Nicole [ENG] (0 + 0) to 19 "1 & 4. PREU szlig; Franziska [GER] (1 + 0) to 22" 55. Laukkanen Mari [FIN] (1 + 1) in 23 "96. SOUKALOVA Gabriela [CZE] (1 + 1) to 24" 8 7. HINZ Vanessa [GER] (1 + 0) 30 "98. OBERHOFER Karin [ITA ] (0 + 2) in 34 "59. SKARDINO Nadezhda [BLR] (0 + 1) 38 "710. BURDYGA Nataliya [UKR] (0 + 0) to 39" 5Click here for full results. As for the schedule, tomorrow & egrave; expected the men's sprint, departing at 12:00. The women will be back on track on Sunday, for the mass start, starting at 11:15.

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