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Forte forfeited the wide margin in the sprint yesterday, Martin Fourcade seemed to move towards a clear round in the first stage of the World Cup, on Östersund snows. A deficit to pull performance, marked by 4 errors, has instead reopened the discourse victory nell''inseguimento. To take advantage of it were Anton Babikov, the first success in career, and Maxim Tsvetkov, the second podium.
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Fourcade could manage via a margin of over 40 seconds on his pursuers, led by Fredrik Lindström, Arnd Peiffer, Benedikt Doll, Julian Eberhard and Dominik Windisch. The gap has expanded to over 50 '' before the opening polygon, in which French is however, is complicated life with two errors.
Babikov, who started from seventh place, was hoisted in second after the first shooting session. Unique among the pursuers, the Russian has kept pace with Fourcade even after the next, and then respond to 0 of the leader of the second polygon Cup. Tsvetkov followed about twenty seconds, with the rest of the group to more than half a minute.
The first shooting session standing seemed close to that contention: Fourcade, with 5 of 5, led to over 30 seconds margin on the two Russians, compacted by the error of Babikov.
The holder of the crystal ball has, however, stranded on a final unusually cumbersome series, in which he missed the first and last target.
The Russians have not trembled, and with 0 gathered to conduct the entrance of the last round. Babikov has quickly boosted 3.9 seconds on Tsvetkov, who last lap defended himself with difficulty from the return of Fourcade, although weighed down by the four penalty loops.
Far behind, the battle for fourth place has emerged the winner Peiffer. After falling in 26th place because of two errors in the first shooting session, the German moved up covering 14 of the last 15 targets, and burned in the final Erik Lesser and Simon Fourcade.
A polygon to 20/20 - the only addition to that of Tsvetkov - has allowed to recover Michal Krcmar thirty-one positions, from the 38th to the seventh.
significant comebacks in the rest of the top 10: Anton Shipulin, 28th yesterday, finished eighth, being cut out of contention for the podium by a triple penalty in the third shooting session; Simon Schempp has recovered from 21th to ninth place; Johannes Thingnes Bø, 30th at the start, moved up to tenth position thanks to an extraordinary test of skiing (best time with margin on all others), despite the 16/20 at the shooting range.
Also point out the exploits of Henrik L'Abbee-Lund, from 58th to 19th, thanks to the second time in the fund and 95% shooting.
Home Italy, Dominik Windisch has slipped from sixth to 25th place, suffering skiing (37th time) and missing three targets. percentage similar to Lukas Hofer, who confirmed the 40th position of the sprint.
In the overall World Cup, the third place is largely sufficient to Martin Fourcade to consolidate leadership. The star players of Font Romeu leads with 168 points, 64 more than Tsvetkov (104). Follow Peiffer (100), Bjørndalen (98), today 12th, and Simon Fourcade (97).
CHASING MALE Ostersund - FINAL
1. Anton Babikov [RUS] (0 + 0 + 1 + 0) 31: 22.3
2. Maxim Tsvetkov [RUS] (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) +10.5
3. Martin FOURCADE [FRA] (2 + 0 + 0 + 2) +15.2
4. Arnd PEIFFER [GER] (2 + 0 + 1 + 0) +52.7
5. Erik LESSER [GER] (0 + 0 + 1 + 1) +55.1
6. Simon FOURCADE [FRA] (0 + 0 + 2 + 0) +56.1
7. Michal Krcmar [CZE] (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) +1: 01.1
8. Anton Shipulin [RUS] (0 + 0 + 3 + 0) +1: 02.1
9. Simon SCHEMPP [GER] (1 + 1 + 0 + 1) +1: 07.5
10. Johannes Thingnes Bø [NOR] (0 + 1 + 2 + 1) +1: 07.6
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