Emil Hegle Svendsen won the'' pursuit of Oberhof and matches Sven Fischer

'' In Pursuit of Oberhof went on stage a new tight duel between Emil Hegle Svendsen and Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, separated by a trifle'' in the sprint on Friday. Once again it was the younger of the two Norwegians to win.

Saturday 4 January 2014 5 minutes reading time

Svendsen, however, has lost contact from the more experienced compatriot after the first polygon where he missed a target unlike the'' forty-years. Both they were not wrong in the next two shots and at the concluding session Ole was presented with a margin of about a dozen seconds. BjÃ¸rndalen hit the first two targets, but then went into crisis after a gust of wind that led him to make mistakes twice. In contrast Svendsen has managed perfectly the difficulties and completed without errors fly away towards success, the number 33 of his career. The twenty-eight of Trondheim has consequently reached Sven Fischer in third place in the ranking of plurivittoriosi all-times. Behind BjÃ¸rndalen, again second, he placed Martin Fourcade who saw his ambitions fade successful first standing shooting. The French still finished in third place. So the stellar podium Friday was repeated again today'' quest. Behind the trio of champions was placed Latvian Andrejs Rastorgujevs, author of a sensational sensational (+24 positions) thanks to a perfect test at the range. The Baltic is a relative surprise as some insiders had announced at the top at the beginning of winter. Fifth place for reviving Michal Slesingr, in front of more and more convincing Thingnes Johannes BÃ¸. Try matte blues. Lukas Hofer (5 errors) concluded 38th losing seven squares with respect to the breastplate of departure. Markus Windisch (5), in turn, lost ground finishing 53rd. In the overall standings of the World Cup Fourcade increased to 402 points and holds a solid lead on Svendsen, second with 263. BjÃ¸rndalen and Johannes BÃ¸ are tied for third at 235. Tomorrow's stage will end with the first Oberhof mass start of the season. '' For the Italian will race the only Lukas Hofer. OBERHOF - TRACKING MASCHILE1. SVENDSEN Emil Hegle [NOR] (1 +0 +0 +0) 22'' 06 "72. BJÃ˜RNDALEN Ole Einar [NOR] (0 +0 +0 +2) 35" 63. FOURCADE Martin [FRA] (0 +0 +1 +0) 1'' 00 "04. RASTORGUJEVS Andrejs [LAT] (0 +0 +0 +0) 1'' 12" 15. SLESINGR Michal [CZE] (0 +0 +0 +0) 1'' 23 "36. BÃ˜ Johannes Thinges [NOR] (1 +0 +1 +2) 1'' 28" 67. Anton Shipulin [RUS] (1 +0 +1 +0) 1'' 36 "88. WEGER Benjamin [ON] (0 +0 +1 +0) 1'' 39" 29. Dominik Landertinger [AUT] (0 +1 +0 +1) to 1'' 41 "710. Evgeny Ustyugov [RUS] (0 +0 +1 +2) 1'' 44" 9Clicca here for full results.

Francesco Paone

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