Biathlon women, so far "no man's land", trover a mistress in Pokljuka? [Start List and Presentation]

Tomorrow in Pokljuka, Slovenia, the third leg of the World Cup biathlon begins for women. The program includes men's sprint Friday & Igrave; 18 (14:30), chase Saturday 19 (13:30) and mass start on Sunday 20th (14.15).

Thursday 17 December 2015 8 minutes reading time

NEWS '' The Women's World Cup & egrave; It began in sign dell''equilibrio, as witnessed by the fact that the five races were won by as many different athletes. Among them stands out Gabriela SoukalovÃ¡, overall leader and never out of the top eight. The Czech, however, you & egrave; always been happy at Pokljuka, the scene of his first success in the World Cup and dell''unico last season. Other favorites for winning the Crystal Ball instead or are quarreling with the polygon (Kaisa M & auml; k & auml; r & auml; inen, Marie Dorin Habert) or must chase cause illness (laura dahlmeier), while in the top positions of the ranking absolute is Franziska Hildebrand are proposed and Dorothea Wierer, improved exponentially skiing tight than in the past. The 'Italian, whose start to the season & egrave; was very good, I will try & agrave; to continue on the path taken in & Ã–land; stersund and Hochfilzen. The gi & agrave; He mentioned Wierer & egrave; always been happy in Pokljuka, theater, however, the first podium of his career, his goal will consequently & agrave; to get back to winning gi & agrave; savored in Sweden. For Karin Oberhofer and Federica Sanfilippo athletic condition is not discussed, but the 'unknown & egrave; the polygon. Sar & agrave; basic accuracy to aspire to prestigious results. Lisa Vittozzi, on the contrary, & egrave; solid pitch but & egrave; still searching for the best fitness and the highest goal to which to aspire & egrave; the points. Only four Azurre at the start Since & eacute; there will be no & agrave; Nicole Gontier, which will & agrave; engaged in Ibu Cup along with Alexia Runggaldier. & Nbsp; STORIAPokljuka can & ograve; It is defined as the joker of the calendar of the World Cup biathlon Since & eacute ;, after having made its appearance in 1992, & nbsp; has never found a resting place in and out continuously by schedule and often changing position in the time history of the '' winter. In fact, the most & ugrave; of the time it & egrave; competed in December, but there are also stages played in January and especially in March. The repeated movements have sometimes given birth to a very peculiar situation: in 2001, 2007 and 2014, the resort & agrave; Slovenia hosted in the same calendar year two legs belonging to two different competitive seasons. So far in Pokljuka were sailed 48 races male individual level (10 fifteen kilometers, sprinting 18, 12 chases, 8 mass start), including five with iridescent value (one for each format in 2001 to which is added the pursuit in 1998 AFFECT & ograve; world title since all''epoca not included in the Olympic program). Are 28 athletes with at least one victory. The absolute queen & egrave; Sweden's Magdalena Forsberg, able to impose itself in 8 occasions (including three golds championship between 1998 and 2001). & nbsp; There are five (pi & ugrave; a) women in business & agrave; to have gi & agrave; excelled on this slope: Kaisa M & auml; k & auml; r & auml; inen, Gabriela SoukalovÃ¡ and Svetlana Sleptsova boast two successes. Single statement instead for Miriam G & ouml; ssner and Katharina Innerhofer. It should also be remembered as Darya Domracheva currently stopped in the pits, is paired to Finland, the Czech and Russian. In terms of nations on the step pi & ugrave; top of the podium have flown 10 different flags. Sweden leads the share in 10 hits, followed by Germany (9), France (8) and Norway (7). Pi & ugrave; detached instead Russia (4) above the 'Ukraine (3) and a trio of Czech Republic, Finland and Belarus (2). Closes the & rsquo; Austria 1. Pokljuka individually to the female sector has collected more Italian & ugrave; for men. Of course, thinking about the last time, it would seem the normality & agrave ;, but actually & agrave; looking at the history of the biathlon blue is a & rsquo; anomaly. In the face of the individual podium among men, there are about 5 among women. Two signed by Nathalie Santer, piazzatasi third in the sprint and nell''individuale played in December 1993; one obtained by Michela Ponza, second nell''individuale in December 2007; two won by Dorothea Wierer third nell''inseguimento March 2014 (also the first podium of his career) and second in the sprint of December 2014.

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