BiathlonPyeongchang 2018-Biathlon
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The quartet composed by Lisa Vittozzi, Dorothea Wierer, Lukas Hofer and Dominik Windisch confirmed the result obtained four years ago in Sochi.
Tuesday 20 February 2018 4 minutes reading time
At the launch of 'Italy has deployed Vittozzi after two perfect polygons has passed the baton to Dorothea Wierer, with 2 "margin on Germany and 7" on France, all other nations have changed with over 20 "of secondment. fraction the 'South Tyrol had to contend with Laura Dahlmeier, both have made a clear path in the session on the ground but then wrong on their feet.The German used only one recharge and was carried away with twenty seconds on Wierer, three sometimes inaccurate.
Lukas Hofer started his rehearsal with 30 "to be recovered from Erik Lesser, the two competed on skis and made a mistake in the second series, while France also joined the medalist fight thanks to a 'excellent fraction of Desthieux and Norway, dragged by Johannes Boe who brought his team from 10th to 4th position.
In the fourth fraction Peiffer, Windisch, Martin Fourcade and Svendsen played the podium positions. The German squandered the advantage he had as a dowry to the polygon, committing two errors in the first series and in the second round was overridden by the Frenchman, who with a fraction to the limits of perfection has dragged France to the gold medal.
Windisch and Svendsen missed a target in the ground series and had to chase but in the standing polyphony Peiffer completed the disaster and had to start towards the penalty ring. The Norwegian was able to seize the opportunity and took it in second place, then administering the advantage in the last round. Windisch instead struggled and after using a couple of refills he found himself paired with the German. The two arrived together at the entrance of the arrival straight, where however there was no history and the sprint was resolved in favor of Italy.
Therefore, the Germany that preceded Belarus 5a, Finland 6th and Ukraine 7th are out of the podium. The Czech Republic 8a, Russia 9a and Austria 10a entered the top ten positions.
For Martin Fourcade, the 5th Olympic gold medal has arrived, which leads him to the biathlon Olympus, a result built thanks to the excellent performance of the other fractionists, Dorin, Bescond and Desthieux. Silver instead for Norway, in difficulty with Olsbu and Eckhoff but then dragged to the podium by an excellent performance by Johannes Boe and the experience of Emil Hegle Svendsen. Sixth medal in the history of the Olympic Games for the biathlon blue movement, the second in the format.
Thursday at 12:15 Italian time will be played the women's relay, where the Italian could play a medal, Friday at the same time is scheduled instead the male test.
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