Karin Oberhofer second sprint in Hochfilzen won by Kaisa Mkrinen!

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Continue the 'exceptional moment of Italian women's biathlon team. Five days after the third place won by Dorothea & Wierer nell''inseguimento of Ã–land; stersund & egrave; came the second position of Karin Oberhofer in sprint in Hochfilzen.

Friday 12 December 2014 7 minutes reading time

To say that the result was expected & egrave; exaggerated, however, as seen in Sweden is not a surprise. In Scandinavia the twenty-nine of Feldthurns had proved among the ten most athletes & ugrave; strong skiing tight, suffering for & ograve; the 'imprecision at the shooting range, especially in the foot. Today Oberhofer did all the best to the shooting, which has not missed anything, and confirming the 'excellent form in the fund has exploited the mistakes of the opposing direct becoming cos & Igrave; with about the fourth Italian in history to get a placing in the top-three in the World Cup. The veteran Italian team does not have to & ograve; have nothing against Kaisa M & auml; k & auml; r & auml; inen. The Finnish, despite recovering from a flu, you & egrave; demonstrated again overflowing skiing and took the win number 11 of his career despite a missed target on the ground. It should therefore be noted that in this first part of the winter of thirty-one Ristij & auml; rvi monsters un''inversione trend with respect to their characteristics Because & eacute; ground (83%) has percentages pi & ugrave; low compared to their shots standing (90%). The podium & egrave; was completed by Tiril Eckhoff, confermatasi now at levels of 'excellence and again the author of a vigorous last lap which allowed her to overcome various opponents in the final round, including the Russian Olga Podchufarova, fourth and the best result of his career. The twenty two year old Muscovite is then finally starting to put to use in the circuit shown more talent at the junior level. About Who & egrave; still et & agrave; juniors should be highlighted the performance of Franziska Preu & szlig; and Justine Braisaz. The Bavarian, class of 1994, concluded tenth despite a double fault in feet and & egrave; inserted nell''ottima test team of Germany (the solid Franziska Hildebrand & egrave; ranked fifth and the 'former long-distance runner Vanessa Hinz has created the first exploits of career closing sixth). The French, born in 1996 and therefore still eligible for the youth category, made his debut in the World Cup and finished 17th and realizing the thirteenth time in the bottom! The list of the defeats of the day & egrave; captained by Darya Domracheva. The Belarusian missed two targets and not & egrave; gone beyond the 'eighth being clearly dominated by M & auml; k & auml; r & auml; inen. Step back on skis Valj Semerenko that failed accuracy & Ã–land; stersund concluded twentieth. Male also Veronika Vitkova, thirtieth with three penalty payment agrave ;. Home Italy, Oberhofer aside, Dorothea Wierer (0 + 1) is & egrave; confirmed the levels seen in Sweden and concluded at 13 & deg; place with an error. Beyond the & agrave; exploits in the Scandinavian, Lisa Vittozzi (1 + 0) clinched the 'target set by technicians before his debut, to qualify for the' chase ending 56th. Nothing pursuit instead for Nicole Gontier (2 + 2), too impecisa and 69th at the finish. M & auml; k & auml; r & auml; inen stretches in the overall World Cup rising to 222 points, with Eckhoff second at 182, Domracheva third at 177, Valj Semerenko fourth at 161, Vitkova and Hildebrand paired in fifth place at 141. Hochfilzen - SPRINT FEMMINILE1. M & auml; K & auml; R & auml; INEN Kaisa [FIN] (1 + 0) 20''55 "62. OBERHOFER Karin [ENG] (0 + 0) 10" 43. Eckhoff Tiril [NOR] (0 + 1) 29 "94. PODCHUFAROVA Olga [RUS] (0 + 1) 31" 25. HILDEBRAND Franziska [GER] (0 + 1) 36 "96. HINZ Vanessa [GER] (0 + 0) to 38" 47. HORN Fanny Welle-Strand [NOR] (0 + 0) 40 "78. Darya Domracheva [BLR] (1 + 1) 42" 19. BESCOND Anais [FRA] (0 + 0) to 46 "710. PREU & szlig; Franziska [GER] (0 + 2) at 51" 310. GLAZYRINA Ekaterina [RUS] (0 + 1) to 51 "3Click here for full results. As for the schedule, tomorrow & egrave; provided a relay race starting at 11:00. The 'tracking andr & agrave; instead on stage at 11.30 on Sunday and, of course, the Italian will groped to attack the podium again.

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