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Sixteenth podium of the season for the Italian biathlon team, second in the last two pursuits and fifth in the career for the South Tyrolean.
Saturday 24 March 2018 4 minutes reading time
The day's victory and the specialty cup went to Martin Fourcade, who annihilated his opponents, winning with almost a minute ahead of Johannes Bø, despite a mistake made in the last series. The Frenchman, who started with 33 "on his fellow countryman Desthieux, further took off in the back and managed the first three series perfectly, building a margin of absolute safety.
There was therefore two races in one, that of Fourcade, against himself, and that for the second position, won by Bø, coming back from the 13th position. The Norwegian has engaged a duel close with Hofer, winning it thanks to a last really remarkable series, completed with extreme rapidity. The 'blue, on the other hand, has a preference for accuracy and even with shooting time not first level, he found a fundamental 20 out of 20 that allowed him to get back on the podium, after the second place in' Pursuit of Oslo.
Waiting for the Women's pursuit, which will start at 15:00 and tomorrow's two Mass Start, Italy has already archived 16 podiums between the World Cup and the Olympics this season, four of which came from the sector male. With today's result also Hofer overtook Fak in the overall standings, climbing to 5th place behind Fourcade, Bø, Shipulin and Peiffer.
Martin Fourcade has risen to 74 first-level victories and has won the 'eighth Specialty Cup in the pursuit, the seventh consecutive. Tomorrow he will try to finish the World Cup season without ever getting off the podium, a truly impressive road map, unattainable also for Johannes Bø, who has conquered the sixteenth podium of the winter, the 39th of his young career.
The Swedish Fredrik Lindström had to settle for 4th place, cut off from the fight for the first three positions due to an error in the penultimate series. Behind him finished Erik Lesser 5th (1 + 0 + 1 + 1), Arnd Peiffer 6th (1 + 0 + 1 + 0), Antonin Guigonnat 7th (1 + 0 + 1 + 0), Simon Eder 8 ° (0 + 0 + 1 + 0), Maxim Tsvetkov 9th (1 + 0 + 1 + 1) and Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen 10th (0 + 0 + 0 + 1). Only 14th instead Anton Shipulin with three errors.
The other two Azzurri in the competition also entered the points, Dominik Windisch finished 18th (1 + 2 + 0 + 0) and Thomas Bormolini 31st (1 + 1 + 0 + 0).
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