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'' The individual Ruhpolding had a very similar trend to that held in late November in Östersund. Not surprisingly, the winner was the same, namely Gabriela Soukalova.
Friday 10 January 2014 7 minutes reading time
The Czech Republic has achieved the third time skiing tight and missed only one target shooting, conquering career win number 6 due to higher accuracy compared to the sun rivals can compete with her in the end, that Darya Domracheva and Anastasiya Kuzmina.
In particular, the Belarusian can gobble up your hands to the'' wasted opportunity. The twenty-seven Minsk placed second, 34 "3 from the winner, but had reached the final polygon with a huge advantage before you commit two fatal mistakes. Domracheva At least in the final round was able to overcome Veronika Vitkova perfect pitch , piazzatasi third.
Anastasiya Kuzmina instead made three errors and it did not go beyond the eleventh position'' to 1'' 35 "from Soukalova. Among the big instead has stolen the eye'' Tora Berger, fifth but with only one missed target and a heavy detachment from the first place. Discreet Kaisa Mäkäräinen, tenth, with a couple of penalties.
So triumph for the Czech Republic, who placed two athletes on the podium. Never in the history of the World Cup two Czech had finished the same race in the top three positions. About historical results must be stressed ninth Laure Soulie. Consequently Andorra joined the ranks of countries able to pick up a place in the top-ten.
For a small nation getting a placement in the ten,'' c is a superpower that sinks. It is in Russia where the best of the day was Olga Vilukhina, eighteenth. Irina Starykh, dominant in December, concluded thirty. Worse still did Olga Zaitseva, returning after missing selection for the stage in Oberhof. The veteran Moscow has qualified for the Chase'' Sunday (11.15) to the skin of our teeth.
Day of hosts Germany saved by Franziska Hildebrand, fourth, the best result of his career. Even the twenty-six of Clausthal-Zellerfeld has cherished the dream to win the first victory of his career, but he made a mistake too.
At home Italy more than decent performance by Dorothea Wierer, piazzatasi fifteenth with two missed targets and found the'' blue only in the points. Karin Oberhofer (3 errors) is still far from the standard of last year and concluded forty-second. Decent performance Alexia Runggaldier (2), fifty-. Nicole Gontier instead was wrong too (penalty 7) and concluded in the rear.
The Olympic games have no value for the World Cup, so today was awarded the Crystal Ball of 15 km. Trophy went to Gabriela Soukalova obviously, winner of both the individual played so far. The Czech Republic has achieved 120 points against 92 of Domracheva and 84 of Kuzmina.
Moreover Soukalova by hook or by crook remains overall leader (the yellow bib sold exclusively for a race). The Czech commands the absolute rankings with 366 points against 338 of Domracheva and Valj Semerenko, 332 and 321 of Mäkäräinen Berger.
RUHPOLDING - PERSONAL women1. SOUKALOVA Gabriela [CZE] (0 +1 +0 +0) 40'' 32 "62. Darya Domracheva [BLR] (0 +0 +0 +2) 34" 33. VITKOVA Veronika [CZE] (0 +0 +0 +0) 38 "64. HILDEBRAND Franziska [GER] (0 +0 +0 +1) to 52" 85. BERGER Tora [NOR] (0 +0 +1 +0) 1'' 03 "56. DZHYMA Juliya [UKR] (0 +0 +1 +0) 1'' 06" 57. SKARDINO Nadezhda [BLR] (0 +0 +0 +0) 1'' 06 "88. Semerenko Valj [UKR] (1 +0 +0 +1) to 1'' 17" 19. SOULIE Laure [AND] (0 +0 +1 +0) 1'' 18 "310. Mäkäräinen Kaisa [FIN] (0 +1 +0 +1) to 1'' 29" 8
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Tomorrow, on the other hand, starting from 12:45, will be held the men's individual''.
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Women Individual Ruhpolding (GER)
SOUKALOVA KOUKALOVA Gabriela
DOMRACHEVA Darya
VITKOVA Veronika
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