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Exciting finish to the men's relay of Le Grand Bornand where success was literally hanging in the balance until all'' last meter. L'' won the day Russia, capable of beating Germany in the final sprint to crown a gradual comeback after a dull first half.
Friday 13 December 2013 4 minutes reading time
The Russian quartet composed by Ivan Tcherezov, Alexander Loginov, Evgeniy Garanichev and Anton Shipuln was in fact lingered at the end of the launch, carried out by the veteran of the group.
However, the youngest of the lot reported on track teammates and proved to be the MVP of the day along with'' Shipulin that the gap has gradually cleared by the Germans and then overcome the sprint.
Germany is the big day made fun of because they had taken command of the operations with Erik Lesser, while Andreas Birnbacher and especially Arnd Peiffer had slightly increased their advantage. Simon Schempp did not manage to complete the work'', becoming Shipulin to hang up, which proved higher in the sprint.
The podium was completed by'' Austria (Christoph Sumann, Daniel Mesotitsch, Dominik Landertinger, Simon Eder) 26 "8. Austrians have always remained in top positions and could have been the match for success without a recharge too used to'' last polygon.
Important confirmation for Sweden after his second place in Hochfilzen. The Swedes, including shone especially Lindströme Fredrik Carl Johan Bergman, closed-quarter comeback against the touching of Austria'' and have taken their satisfaction of winning the "derby" Scandinavian with Norway, fifth and n training highly altered,'' in the last lap.
France hostess she finished sixth without stealing particularly'' s eye. '' The Italian has instead concluded thirteenth and whose ambitions are essentially vanished from the first polygon to the ground where Christian De Lorenzi has stumbled upon a consideration. The three rounds of penalty paths from the Valtellina have ditched the blue hopes.
RELAY MALE - LE GRAND BORNAND1. RUSSIA [0 +5] 1:14'' 01 "82. GERMANY [0 +5] to 0" 33. AUSTRIA [0 +7] 26 "84. SWEDEN [0 +8] 28" 55. NORWAY [0 +8] 32 "26. FRANCE [0 +9] 1'' 06" 9.13. ITALY [4 +14] 4'' 39 "3
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Tomorrow I'm scheduled for the sprint. The women will compete at 10.30, while the men will be on track from 13.15.
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Men Relay Le Grand Bornand (FRA)
Biathlon - Le Grand Bornand
Russia wins in comeback in the final sprint and the men's relay of Le Grand Bornand
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