France continues to dominate the men's biathlon, its also the relay Pokljuka

Continue the absolute domination of France in the men's biathlon. With four wins in five individual events of Martin Fourcade also it follows the successful relay of the transalpine team.

Sunday 11 December 2016 4 minutes reading time

French quartet - favorite of Eve and formed by Jean Guillaume Beatrix, Quentin Fillon Maillet, Simon Desthieux and Martin Fourcade - has always remained in the top positions, gradually taking the upper hand over all opponents. MVP of the day Fillon Maillet, who took the championship lead solitary, delivering to teammates an advantage then kept until the finish. place of honor for Russia, presented itself in new formation with Maksim Tsvetkov, Anton Babikov, Matvey Eliseev and Anton Shipulin. On balance, the Russians have had to give up fighting for success because of the penalty loop that snared Eliseev ground. However, the twenty-three was promptly redeemed in the rest of his village, allowing your team to achieve a result in line with the desired potential. The podium was completed by Germany despite starting handicap Erik Lesser. The rookie Matthias Dorfer defended himself, then Benedikt Doll, and Simon Schempp unleashed all their horses bringing the Teutonic quartet in third place in front of Ukraine, fourth and surprise of the day. Fifth the Czech Republic, the author of a parallel provision to that German (badly the first two men, and Slesingr Krupcik, positive instead Moravec and Krcmar). Sixth Austria, sunk by a penalty turn of Daniel Mesotitisch. But the accent the wonderful performance of the teenager Felix Leitner, author of the best time in the proper fraction. Seventh Italy, espressasi close to its present limits. In particular they have done well Lukas Hofer and Joseph Montello, while Dominik Windisch and Thomas Bormolini They still theirs. Disappointment of the day Norway, only ninth. At 14.30 will stage the women's relay. The men will be back on track Thursday 15 at 17.30 for the sprint in Nove Mesto. POKLJUKA - RELAY MEN 1. FRA [Beatrix, M. Fillon, Desthieux, Fourcade M.] (0 + 7) 1:11:56 "2. 5 RUS [Tsvetkov, Babikov, Eliseev, Shipulin) (1 + 6) 15 "7 3. GER [Lesser, Dorfer, Doll, Schempp] (0 + 11) 21 '5 4. UKR [Pryma, Semenov, Kilchitskyy, Pidruchnyi] (0 + 6) 36" 3 5. CZE [Slesingr , Krupcik, Moravec, Krcmar] (0 + 6) 48 "9 6. AUT [Mesotitsch, Landertinger, Leitner, Eder] (1 + 6) to 54" 6 Click here for the full results.

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