Sweden triumphs dramatically in the men's relay

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After the silver obtained yesterday by the girls in the women's relay, today the men have been able to do better, putting the gold medal around their necks, sincerely unpredictable on the eve.

Friday 23 February 2018 4 minutes reading time

A victory that enters right into the history of Swedish biathlon, also because it came after a head to head with Norwegian rivals. At the beginning, Femling was competitive at shooting, using only one refill, but struggled on skis. Sweden moved to fifth place in the first lap, 27 seconds behind Germany, while Nelin and Samuelsson led a comeback race with two excellent performances in the second and third fractions up to the second position, and Lindstroem picked up the baton 4 tenths from Norway, passed in the lead thanks to a super Johannes Boe and with Svendsen in the fourth fraction.The two Scandinavians arrived to play the gold medal at the last polygon, here Lindstroem held up very well to the pressure and has limited the damage with the refills, Svendsen has instead had to start towards the 'penalty ring. The advantage has soared up to the minute and the last lap was a pure formality. On the finish line Norway, silver medal with Birkeland, Tarjei Boe, Johannes Boe and Svendsen, came with a 55 "delay, even more than two minutes the gap of Germany that grabbed, albeit with some trouble, the bronze. Even today the wind played a decisive role and the shooting errors were countless, only Sweden has never had to take the penalty round. Austria stood at the foot of the podium, cut off from the fight for the medals already at the end of the third fraction. Fifth position instead for the French quartet that preceded the United States, sixth at the end of the race. Pinch of disappointment and some regrets for the Czechs, leading halfway through the race, but then shipwrecked in 7th place at over four minutes by the Swedes. Belarus 8th, Ukraine 9th and Slovenia 10th were also in the top 10. Italy closed in 12th place after having had to cover the penalty round four times. The Azzurri race started uphill, Bormolini in fact, at the end of the first fraction, paid 1'40 "from Germany, afterwards Hofer and Montello did two good trials and went back from the 14th to the 9th square. at the polygon, failing to defend a place in the top 10.

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