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Fourth victory, first in the format and sixth podium in the World Cup for the 'Austrian that in the final beat Martin Fourcade and Anton Shipulin.
Sunday 11 March 2018 4 minutes reading time
The first polygon was not very selective, as many as 17 athletes have found the zero, but not Martin Fourcade who missed two targets and found himself in the back of the standings. At the end of the second session on the ground Peiffer, Doll and Julian Eberhard, all without penalty, went on the run. Johannes Bø instead, in the lead up to that moment, had to start towards the 'penalty ring.
At the same time Fourcade started his comeback that led him to the fifth out of the first series standing with a 22 "delay from Peiffer, the only one of the small group who did not miss any targets, negative series for Johannes Bø, twice inaccurate and precipitated in 13th position at 54 "from the German.
The tread came to the decisive act with a 12 "margin on the first of the pursuers, the 'Austrian Julian Eberhard, but both have made mistakes, leaving room for insertions from behind, they have taken advantage Fourcade and Shipulin that with two polygons of the highest level have risen in first and second position.In the intermediate post just after the polygon, the Russian has passed with 5 "of delay but managed to close the gap within a kilometer.
In the last round the two controlled themselves, leaving room for the recovery of Julian Eberhard who returned a few hundred meters from the finish line. On the slope of the last climb Shipulin, however, fell alone and so the 'Austrian and Fourcade have played the victory in the sprint, won clearly by the first. Lower step of the podium instead for Russian.
In the general classification Fourcade gains important points on Johannes Bø, today only 19 °, now the gap between the two is 43 points. Fourth position for Benedikt Doll who had the best in the final of the compatriots Lesser 5th and Peiffer 6th. Excellent seventh place for Dominik Windisch, started with an error in the first series that forced him to climb from the bottom of the standings, but then competitive both in the bottom and in the shot. In the end the mistakes were two, as many as those committed by Lukas Hofer, 13th on the finish line.
The Czechs Krcmar and Moravec entered the top ten, respectively 8th and 9th and the Frenchman Fillon Maillet. At 4:10 pm the women's trial will start.
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Men Mass Start Kontiolahti (FIN)
EBERHARD Julian
FOURCADE Martin
SHIPULIN Anton
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Julian Eberhard imposes himself in the starting line of Kontiolahti, seventh Windisch
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