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Italy male biathlon comes at the start of the season in 2016-'17 with three fixed points, behind which we see a movement in full generational looking for new players.
Wednesday 23 November 2016 7 minutes reading time
The highest hopes of getting weight results are placed in Dominik Windisch, now risen to number one team. Last year, twenty-seven of the Army Sports Centre took his first career victory and touched a couple of world championship medals.
The quality on the narrow skis is not in question and in that sense the change of materials (by Atomic to Rossignol) could allow it to become a permanent position in one of the first 10 skiers of the circuit. The unknown factor is the range where the South Tyrolean tends to commit some mistakes too.
Probably for the product of Rasun-Anterselva school promises a winter made of ups and downs. On days when all the pieces of the puzzle fit together properly it should not be surprising find on the podium, maybe even on that top step already trod in February in Canmore.
We can hardly admire him firmly in the top positions, since the continuity of the shot is to be verified. So we will not be surprised or alarmed by any compensatory measures. The hope is, of course, that the lights can be many more of the shadows. In which case the season would be really satisfying.
"Mina cannon" is the most appropriate adjective for the second strength of the team, Lukas Hofer. The policeman of St. Lorenzen now for a couple of years has lost the enamel of the 2010-2014 four-year period, partly because of some physical problems too. If you were to finally be able to stay healthy, surely you would know rebound after two anonymous seasons.
It remains to understand what could be the explosive potential of that mine. Less than races in particular conditions, it is difficult to think of seeing him winning as happened in January 2014 in Antholz, mainly because the level of opponents has risen dramatically. However it is plausible attenderselo constantly between the fifteenth and thirtieth position, with the ability to make some bets in the top ten, maybe even behind the podium. As for Windisch, the Gordian knot is the polygon.
The percentages are slightly better than those of the team leader, but the main problem is the speed of delivery, especially with regard to the release of the first shot, especially where Hofer actually paying duty. The ability to recover some of the lost competitiveness also passes through these details.
With the retirement of Christian De Lorenzi, the role of the third point of the motion is unquestionably Thomas Bormolini. The twenty-five Valtellina is recovering from a difficult year on the pitch, especially with regard to the standing position, but if it were to regain his accuracy then it might make the best season of his career. For him, the goal will be to come with some regularity in the points, hoping to realize some sorties in the top-20.
Behind the Lombard, the situation is fluid. In the early stages of the fourth seasonal bib he will be entrusted to Joseph Montello, for which it will be crucial to take measures with the maximum circuit. In your case you can not wait for the Moon and in the early days can be considered a positive result even the mere qualification to a pursuit.
By the time the fifth bib is an option, as the possibility of having another athlete worthy of the World Cup is all to be weighed. For sure there are some interesting young people with the ambition to prove he deserves a place in biathlon counts.
In this regard it would seem to be the most reliable Saverio Zini, Thierry Chenal and Maikol Demetz. It is not impossible that even Andreas Plaickner or a revived Pietro Dutto can advance their candidacy at the last place available. Andrea Baretto and Luke Ghiglione seems too early, but in general - behind the quartet that make up Team A - the situation is fluid and hierarchies are far from defined.
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