BiathlonBiathlon-World Cup
Triumphal day for the blue biathlon, after the third place of the girls in the women's relay, Lukas Hofer won the place of honor in the men's pursuit, beaten only by Martin Fourcade.
Saturday 17 March 2018 3 minutes reading time
The Italian, who started with the bib 5 to 15 "from L'Abee-Lund, made a mistake in the first series but was then perfect on the next ten targets, arriving at the last polygon still fighting for the podium Here he had to face Shipulin and Johannes Bø, but unlike these two champions Hofer was precise, exiting in second position at 22 "from Martin Fourcade. In the final round it was then defended by the overwhelming comeback of the Norwegian but in the end for the 'blue came the 4th podium in career in individual competitions of the first level and the first in the format, in season Hofer had already entered the top 10 for ten times, without ever going beyond 5th place.
The victory went to Martin Fourcade who in this season, in the World Cup races in which he took part, has never come down from the podium. The Frenchman went on the run after the second series on the ground but then he was wrong once in the first standing session, thus arriving at the decisive act with only 4 "ahead of the 'Abee-Lund. Here Fourcade was precise while the Norwegian has committed two mistakes that have relegated him to the 5th place for the transalpine came the seventh win of the season in the World Cup that allowed him to gain a few but important points in the overall standings against Johannes Bø, today too a foul shot, four mistakes for him, and a third on the line.When there are three individual games left at the end of the season, the two are separated by 47 points.
He finished at the foot of the podium the Russian Tsvetkov who with a zero at the polygon preceded by a few seconds L'Abee-Lund 5th, Eder 6th, Shipulin 7th, Doll 8th, Weger 9th and Peiffer 10th. Decisive test for Dominik Windisch, recovering from the 31st to the 22nd square despite the three missed targets, 50th instead Thomas Bormolini.
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Men Pursuit Oslo (NOR)
FOURCADE Martin
HOFER Lukas
BOE Johannes Thingnes
Biathlon-World Cup
Magnificent Lukas Hofer, second in the men's pursuit of Oslo
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