Germany wins women's relay in Le Grand Bornand

In the women's relay of Le Grand Bornand the first two positions were occupied, albeit in reverse order, by the same countries that had closed in the first and second place'' similar competition held in Hochfilzen Saturdays.

Thursday 12 December 2013 3 minutes reading time

The victory went to Germany consists of Franziska Preuss, Andra Henkel, Franziska Hildebrand and Laura Dahlmeier. German women have gradually gained the upper hand on the opponents getting all the classic hits of the team as none Teutonic set the fastest time in his possession. Square d'' honor'' for the Ukraine who had to remount after a first half of the race matte Juliya Dzhyma (also conditioned by the fall after being docked with the Czech Veronika Vitkova at the start) and Life Semerenko. Valj Semerenko before and Olena Pidhrushna then they shone instead with the world champion in charge of the sprint successfully defended itself in the final round by the return of Tora Berger. In addition to holding the World Cup Scandinavian quartet was composed of Tiril Eckhoff, Fanny Horn and SynnÃ¸ve Solemdal. The Norwegians were the main opponents of Germany, but have slipped to third place after two recharges its used by Berger which as mentioned is not able to riscavalcare Pidhrushna. Sensational fourth place in Canada (Rosanna Crawford, Megan Imrie, Megan Heinicke, Zina Kocher). The American nation, the best result in its history in a women's relay, has taken the luxury to precede the hosts France and Russia in a restructured training sunk in particular from a bad launch of Svetlana Sleptsova. '' The Italian finished seventh with Dorothea Wierer to be the best of the quartet blue. Placement in line with expectations before considering the amazing performance of the Canadians, who were not so high expectations. RELAY FEMALE - LE GRAND BORNAND1. GERMANY [0 +3] 1:06'' 27 "82. UKRAINE [0 +4] 23" 33. NORWAY [0 +10] 23 "84. CANADA [0 +9] 1'' 35" 85. FRANCE [0 +3] 1'' 43 "86. RUSSIA [0 +5] 2'' 00" 47. ITALY [0 +10] 2'' 30 "4 Click here for the full result. Tomorrow, at 14.30, there will be the men's relay. The women will be back on track for the sprint on Saturday starting at 10:30 am.

Francesco Paone

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