Biathlon - World Cup Hochfilzen 2017
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The men's sprint in Hochfilzen proved emozionantissima race, which ended with a surprise winner, and especially with a heart attack epilogue.
Saturday 11 February 2017 9 minutes reading time
It was understood right from the start that the competition could have followed a different script than the rest of the season.
In fact "the cannibal" Martin Fourcade started among the very first to the ground and suffered wrong. Despite the usual performance monstre skiing, transalpine has made another mistake in the foot, you have to travel a second time penalty turn.
Therefore, the Catalan has left the door open to all comers, however, one after another, have in turn had to take the ring because of their ominous vagueness, so much so that it is questionable that the twenty-eight of Fort Romeu could impose itself despite two missed targets.
It was not until the bib number 82 to find an athlete able to oust the French from the leading position. The Company is not successful in one of the most anticipated men on the eve. In fact, a Benedikt Doll capitalized skiing is first cleaned results on the ground, so even found a rare perfect session standing, concluding a faultless race for the second time in his career.
The German ended his performance with a third round vigorous, but just get to the finish line appeared destined to slip the place of honor since Johannes Bø, immaculate pitch in the lying position, was able to cover quickly all targets shooting in standing out from the polygon with a "treasure" 9 "on the Teutonic 3.
The Norwegian thus seemed destined for success, because in half of the last round still maintained 6 "1 margin. Instead Scandinavian began to suffer exceedingly in the 1,500 meters final, losing ground in a vertical manner. Its advantage is gradually evaporated to disappear completely, so much so that at the finish line the fatigued twenty-three was found beaten to 7/10!
So gold medal for Benedikt Doll, before ever stood on the top step of the podium in a maximum circuit race. It happened twelve months ago, the outcome would not have been surprising course. His talent is not in question, but in the current winter had (almost) ever recorded. He did so, however, the most important day, consecrating themselves.
The German movement is confirmed then the most successful in history in world championship sprint. With today make 12 world titles. It is the first, however, he clinched with an athlete coming from Baden-Württemberg.
A broken Johannes Bø had to settle for a bitter silver medal, representing its third metal in a big date after the gold in the sprint and mass start 2015 2016. Martin Fourcade - chopped 23 "1 - has nevertheless put bronze, bringing his personal medal champion at an altitude of 14 (9-4-1) and equaling the number of podiums compatriot Raphael Poirée (7-2-5) in the neck. Only Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, 25 (06.08.11) did better.
About the Norwegian quarantatreenne, today ended up eighth and without a mistake standing would occupy the lowest rung of the podium. Among the Nordic veteran and third place have hindered unexpected three men whom Lowell Bailey, Ondrej Moravec and Krasimir Anev, in addition to home favorite Julian Eberhard, overstuffed from a double penalty.
Among the favorites they have disappointed Simon Schempp, ninth with 0 + 1, Arnd Peiffer (twelfth with 0 + 2), Anton Shipulin (twenty-first with 1 + 2) and Emil Hegle Svendsen (thirty-sixth with 1 + 1). All in all, however, is not sorry Tarjei Bø to stand at 14th place with an error.
Little glory in the house Italian. The best - and only one to make inroads into the points - was found Dominik Windisch, who finished 18th with two penalties (1 + 1). With the same performance at the range Joseph Montello concluded 44th revealing, pound for pound, the note happiest day of blue. Discreet performance of Thomas Bormolini, 46 ° with an error, while disappointed Lukas Hofer (1 + 1), 56 ° and qualified for the skin of our teeth in pursuit of tomorrow.
In the overall standings of the World Cup Fourcade it makes a further step towards the conquest of the Sixth Consecutive Crystal Ball, pulling himself to 872 points. Second, but at an altitude of 568, Shipulin chased by Schempp (554).
Even in the sprint Fourcade specialties ranking gains ground, because it leads to 322 points against the 222 of Eberhard, 207 Svendsen, the 198 and the 192 Peiffer of Schempp.
Tomorrow's space pursuits. The first to take to the track will be women, who will compete at 10.30. But men will compete starting from 14.45.
WORLD CUP 2017 Hochfilzen - SPRINT MEN 1. DOLL Benedikt [GER] (0 + 0) 23'27 "2. 4 BØ Johannes Thingnes [NOR] (0 + 0) 0" 7 3. FOURCADE Martin [FRA] (1+ 1) 23 "1 4. BAILEY Lowell [USA] (0 + 0) 29" 5 5. MORAVEC Ondrej [CZE] (0 + 1) 30 "7 6. ANEV Krasimir [BUL] (0 + 0) to 33 "5 7. EBERHARD Julian [AUT] (1 + 1) to 33" 5 8. Björndalen Ole Einar [NOR] (0 + 1) to 38 "4 SCHEMPP 9. Simon [GER] (1 + 0) to 40 "0 10. GARANICHEV Evgeny [RUS] (1 + 0) 45" 1 Click here for full results.
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