Kaisa Mkrinen wins the sprint of Khanty-Mansiysk and reopens the World Cup. Wierer 5 ^, 7 ^ Oberhofer

The sprint of Khanty-Mansiysk could have been decisive to guide the race to the Women's World Cup, but after today's result the barometer of the crystal ball seems to point decided towards the 'option' final sprint. "

Friday 20 March 2015 7 minutes reading time

The duelists for success in the overall standings, Darya Domracheva and Kaisa M & auml; k & auml; r & auml; inen, are tantamount skiing tight, however, proving brutally above the competition. Consequently the difference between the two & egrave; was made by precision shooting. & nbsp; The Finnish, albeit firing pi & ugrave; Slowly the rival, he missed only one target and took the win number 15 of his career. The Belarusian instead & egrave; was forced to travel twice the 'ring penalty payment agrave; and at the finish line & egrave; found to beat of 15 "5 and having to settle for third place. & nbsp; In fact, the Nordic found in Laura Dahlmeier un''involontaria as crucial ally to reopen the fight for the World Cup. The German, in turn author of a mistake, he finished second in the past twenty-eight of Minsk to 1 "3. Therefore Domracheva remains yellow bib, but his margin of M & auml; k & auml; r & auml; inen you & egrave; reduced to 16 points. So maximum tension and uncertainty Because & eacute; neither can & ograve; afford missteps. Dasha & egrave; still favored, but can not & ograve; some sleep soundly. Incidentally it should be noted how the fight could have been even more & ugrave; Dahlmeier exciting if he had not injured his ankle in August. Since then Anterselva in the Bavarian & egrave; the 'athlete who has achieved more & ugrave; points ever, but too many races jump in the first half & agrave; winter because of a physical condition precarious' have kept away from the top positions. In this regard today Valj Semerenko has taken a step forward towards the conquest of the step pi & ugrave; the bottom of the podium of the sorting of general. The 'Ukrainian finished ninth, straightening his race after missing the first two targets, thus keeping & Igrave; a lead of 54 lengths of Veronika Vitkova, now fourth in a puff from Domracheva. For the 'Italian & egrave; got a solid performance by Dorothea Wierer and Karin Oberhofer, respectively fifth and seventh at the finish line and both forced to give up the square of 'honor because of an error in the foot. Negative instead Nicole Gontier, too foul shooting and relegated sixtieth square. Overall very good test of the German team that, in addition to the second place of Dahlmeier, collects the sixth of Franziska Preu & szlig; and the 'eighth Luise Kummer, legitimizing cos & Igrave; success in the Nations Cup. But forget the Day of Russia hostess where, once again, the best & egrave; the "renegade" Ekaterina Yurlova, albeit only seventeenth. It & egrave; gi & agrave; said the overall standings, while the Cup specialty & agrave; the sprint was already & agrave; was won by mathematically Domracheva that with this success rises to 5 "cups" in his career. The Belarusian closes with 416 points against the 364 M & auml; k & auml; r & auml; inen, 347 and 333 of the Vitkova Wierer, which therefore had to settle for fourth place. & Nbsp; In Khanty Mansiysk - SPRINT FEMMINILE1. M & auml; K & auml; R & auml; INEN Kaisa [FIN] (0 + 1) 19''49 "12. DAHLMEIER Laura [GER] (0 + 1) 14" 23. Darya Domracheva [BLR] (1 + 1) 15 "54. VITKOVA Veronika [CZE] (1 + 0) 18" 05. Dorothea WIERER [ENG] (0 + 1) 32 "56. PREU & szlig; Franziska [GER] (1 + 0) 34" 37. OBERHOFER Karin [ENG] (0 + 1) 36 "28. KUMMER Luise [GER] (0 + 0) to 59" 59. Semerenko Valj [UKR] (2 + 0) to 1''08 "010. SOUKALOVA Gabriela [CZE] (0 + 0) to 1''13" 8Click here for full results. Tomorrow are scheduled pursuits. The male will go & agrave; on stage at 10.30, while the women will compete from 14.00. Sunday finale with mass start.

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