Biathlon - World Cup Hochfilzen 2017
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The World Cup biathlon in Hochfilzen opened with a medley relay in which there has been a breather, there have been a thousand upheavals and Italy has long flirted with the medal.
Thursday 9 February 2017 9 minutes reading time
Since the first meters of the Norwegian launch Mars Olsbu has been careful to keep the pace as high as possible, imposing his pace to all opponents. Thus it is born a fraction undergone selective, which shelled exceedingly the group and at the end of which it emerged Lisa Vittozzi.
The blue has relied on the accuracy (no charge for her) and changed the command with a few seconds right on Scandinavian. Among the candidates for the podium nations have remained afloat Germany and France, with Vanessa Hinz and Anais Chevalier to yield a 10 "and 14".
Most distressed Russia and Ukraine as Olga Podchufarova paid well 36 "despite being perfect shooting and Olena Pidhrushna has messed with the refills. They are in fact immediately extinguished the aspirations of the Czech Republic, as Eva PuskarÄÃková had to travel twice a penalty loop after an unfortunate polygon standing.
The second half started to give a more defined appearance in the competition. Laura dahlmeier a rather inaccurate, but impressive skiing, led Germany in the lead along with France a solid Marie Dorin Habert and Italy to a Dorothea Wierer less incisive than usual, especially in a shot.
Behind this trio Tatiana Akimova has created a superlative test to its means, raising the ambitions of Russia, separated 22 "behind the leading trio. Instead, exit from contention for the podium Norway since Tiril Eckhoff was wrong heavily, even ending up in a matter of penalties on the ground.
At the end of the women's segment, the fight for the medals was therefore de facto restricted to just four countries.
The third stage was the decisive one in the race to win. A perfect Arnd Peiffer has indeed taken over both of Lukas Hofer of Quentin Fillon Maillet, even ended in the fatal ring after the standing shooting, giving the German quartet over 20 "ahead of the Italian and 46" of the French, also reached by the Russian in which Alexander Loginov was well defended.
The very closeness between France and Russia has created an episode that is doing discuss. Martin Fourcade departing put a stick between the aforementioned ski Loginov, who had just finished his labor, causing him to fall. The fact in itself would not be striking, the contacts are in the process of changing the agenda.
The suspicion that the incident is a volunteer can only come to the light of the attack launched by the French against the Russian, who returned after a two-year suspension for EPO positive, on social networks in recent days. However the images do not explain the incident, which is likely to remain confined in limbo doubt.
Returning to the race, the last fraction Simon Schempp could administer the advantage gained by using a single charge and has allowed Germany to win the gold medal, the third of the story in this format and the first since 2010.
Behind him was unleashed a furious fight for the podium, with the aforementioned Fourcade and Anton Shipulin to create a fiery duel. Dominik Windisch was able to withstand the blow up at the shooting range in the foot, where it is presented again in second place, but the use of two refills combined zero of the possessed opponents behind him did not allow him to keep them blow.
In the final the Catalan twenty-eight he beat in the sprint the twenty-nine Siberian. Therefore silver medal for France, while Russia won a bronze medal in the mixed relay was missing from the distant 2008.
Italy finished fourth. Certainly the physiognomy of the race can leave a bad taste in the mouth, but on balance the placement is not at all bad. What has been lacking for the podium? Probably something on the narrow skis, since all the Blues have suffered in the fund, except for Hofer.
Ukraine finally finished fifth, ahead of a remarkable Sweden - sixth - presasi the luxury of beating the disappointed of the day, namely the Czech Republic (where they still shone Gabriela Koukalová and Ondrej Moravec) and Norway. So the Johannes Bø plan (which ended up in the ring penalties) to win six medals in six races immediately went to ball.
To close there was a further polemic trawling, with Fourcade who left the podium in advance during the flower giving ceremony in protest against the presence of Loginov.
So I start to say the least pyrotechnician, from all points of view, for these Mondiali.Ora space to sprint. The women will be back on track tomorrow at 14:45, while the men will compete at the same time on Saturday.
Hochfilzen World Cup 2017 - MIXED RELAY 1. GER [Hinz, Dahlmeier, Peiffer, Schempp] (0 + 7) 1'09 "06" 4 2. FRA [Chevalier, Dorin, M Fillon, Fourcade M.] (1 + 8) 2 "2 3. RUS [Podchufarova, Akimova, Loginov, Shipulin] (0 + 4) 3" 2 4. ITA [Vittozzi, Wierer, Hofer, Windisch] (0 + 6) 28 "7 5. UKR [ Pidhrushna, Dzhima, Semenov, Pidruchnyi] (0 + 8) to 35 "6 6. SWE [Öberg, Magnusson, Nelin, Lindström] (0 + 8) to 41" 6 7. CZE [Puskarcikova, Koukalová, Moravec, Krcmar] (2 + 9) 41 "9 8. NOR [Olsbu, Eckhoff, B҃ø J., Svendsen] (2 + 10) to 46" 2 Click here for full results.
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