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Another great race of the 'blue that got the third podium in the Finnish stage in as many races disputed.
Sunday 11 March 2018 3 minutes reading time
Vittozzi, after 15 out of 15 in the first three polygons, missed the 'appointment with the first career victory due to a mistake too much in the final series. In the last lap the opponent for the second position was the French Chevalier, who however had to give up in the sprint all'azzurra.
On the finish line the gap was 13 "by Vanessa Hinz, who with a perfect test shot took the first victory and the first podium in career in the World Cup.The German made the difference in the last polygon, where a the difference between Vittozzi and Chevalier, leading up to that point, did not have to take the penalty ring.
Third position for Anais Chevalier, on the first podium of a season so far full of difficulties. The Frenchman preceded Kaisa Mäkäräinen, 4th with three errors to 43 "from today's winner Over the minute instead of the Swedish Hanna Oeberg, 5th with two missed targets, behind her the Norwegian Marte Olsbu 6th and the German Laura Dahlmeier 7a, both with three penalties and the Belarusian Kryuko, Skardino and Domracheva.
Difficult race, especially for the shot, for Kuzmina who made six mistakes and ended in 16th place and for Wierer. The 'blue has missed four targets, settling in 21st position. Both have lost ground in the overall standings against Mäkäräinen. The Finnish has 666 points, 53 ahead of the Slovakian and 98 on Italian.
On the other hand, the specialty classification Mäkäräinen and Dahlmeier lead the pair with 178 points, while Hinz is third at 152.
The World Cup will now move to Oslo, where a Sprint, a Pursuit and a Relay are scheduled for next week.
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Women Mass Start Kontiolahti (FIN)
HINZ Vanessa
VITTOZZI Lisa
CHEVALIER-BOUCHET Anais
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Lisa Vittozzi fantastic second in the Kontiolahti Mass won by the German Hinz
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