The Czech Republic won the 'gold in the medley relay, the opening race of the World Championships in Kontiolahti. Italy 7 ^

A Kontiolahti the medley relay, the opening race of the Biathlon World Championships in 2015, sees the podium three nations favored Eve, however, the same go medal two years ago in Nove Mesto. But until the last few meters & egrave; profiled a sensational surprise.

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The track, dall''altimetria gi & agrave; demanding than for s & egrave ;, & egrave; was made even more & ugrave; difficult by the high temperatures of recent days that have marked the bottom of the track, worsened by a snowfall that began to fall just nell''imminenza competition. Consequently & egrave; born a tough race in which there '' & egrave; state was no room for tactics Since & eacute; right from the start, the group & egrave; frayed, forcing athletes to give their energy to the bottom. & nbsp; The medal 'gold & egrave; was won by the Czech Republic, which confirmed the field to be the quartet pi & ugrave; solid. Veronika Vitkova to launch immediately made the difference, gaining ground heavily on direct rivals for success. Gabriela SoukalovÃ¡ not impressed on skis, but he played his part admirably covering all targets. AFTER THAT & eacute; Michal Å lesingr has put light between s & eacute; and the pursuers pi & ugrave; Hazardous Finally Ondrej Moravec claimed its quality & agrave; and crossed the line in triumph. Hard to find an MVP, but probably should be assigned this Platonic prize ex aequo to Vitkova and Slesingr. So the Czech Republic back to win a world championship gold after one decade, ie from March 9, 2005, the day when in Hochfilzen Roman Dostal prevailed between the general surprise in the Twenty km away. Medal 'silver for France formed by Anais Bescond, Marie Dorin Habert, Jean Guillaume Beatrix and Martin Fourcade. Among the transalpine shone athletes lined up in equal fractions (Dorin and Fourcade), while others have struggled. In any case the second place & egrave; a result of absolute prestige and reflects the potentialities & agrave; the quartet. Bronze & egrave; been the preserve of Norway, which descends from the throne world champion for the first time since 2010. The Scandinavians have paid too much time lost in the female segment Since & eacute; Fanny Horn has not affected the bottom and Tiril Eckhoff & egrave; over nell''anello of penalty payment agrave ;. Johannes Thingnes B & oslash; you & egrave; then become the protagonist of a fraction impressive forgave the Norwegians in the running for a medal, finally won despite a matte Tarjei B & oslash ;. A partial consolation Norway pu & ograve; celebrate the success in the World Cup mixed relay, but the trophy has certainly not the value of a podium. Fourth wonderful that Belarus has touched a sensational medal and has even changed the lead with margin in half & agrave; competition thanks to the precision of Nadezhda Skardino and considerable Darya Domracheva (but in the same village Kaisa M & auml; k & auml; r & auml; inen not & egrave; was less). The podium & egrave; blurred because of too many refills used standing by Vladimir Chepelin and Yuri Liadov, who nonetheless made to their possibilities & agrave ;, doing however shake the pi & ugrave; Norwegian listed in the final kilometers. Fifth good piazzatasi Austria ahead of Germany, in scheratasi restructured training (Kummer, Preu & szlig ;, B & ouml; hm, Doll) and all''Italia. The Azzurri (Wierer, Oberhofer, Windisch, Hofer) finished in seventh place a try without infamy and without praise where they have stolen the 'eye n & eacute; No skiing & egrave; nor at the shooting range, where they were too inaccurate for today's standards. Probably not an inconvenience to roll Oberhofer and a fall of the Hofer 'Italy could play for the fifth place, but it does not change Because & eacute; not & egrave; never been in play for medals. Closing is worth a digression on Russia, the tenth to two minutes and absolutely not received. Fortunately, this morning the head coach of the men's team Aleksander Kaspiarovich had said certain of victory. WORLD Kontiolahti - MIXED RELAY 1. CZECH REPUBLIC [Vitkova, Soukalova, Slesingr, Moravec] (0 + 8) 1: 20''27 "72. FRANCE [Bescond, Dorin, Beatrix, Fourcade M.] (0 + 8) 20 "23. NORWAY [Horn, Eckhoff, B & oslash; J., B & oslash; T.] (1 + 3) in 27 "74. BELARUS [Skard., Domrach., Chepelin, Liadov] (0 + 7) in 31" 05. AUSTRIA [Hauser, Innerhofer, Grosseger, Eder] (0 + 3) to 1''00 "36. GERMANY [Kummer, Preu & szlig ;, B & ouml; hm, Doll] (0 + 6) to 1''22" 8 Click here for complete results. As for the program of the World Cup, tomorrow & egrave; planned a day of rest. On the day of Saturday, March 7 will be played instead of the sprint. The men will race at 13.00, while the women will start at 16:30.

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