Martin Foucade dominates the mass start in Oberhof, only Shipulin keeps the trail

In the mass start in Oberhof Martin Fourcade showed, once more & ugrave ;, all his talent that, little pi & ugrave; of 26 years, allows him to be able to gi & agrave; be considered one of the pi & ugrave; great biathletes of all time.

Sunday 11 January 2015 6 minutes reading time

The French & egrave; imposed with absolute authority & agrave; in the mass start today by taking the upper hand over his rivals in the third round, where he stretched into a bully on skis tight, and managing an impressive cold blood the 'last polygon in which, due to a strong gust of wind, saw evaporate 40 "margin built up to that time. & nbsp; Just shooting performance is worth further. The twenty-six Catalan & egrave; was the 'only to find the shoot-out, while all the other starters have committed at least three errors. Performance & egrave; even more & ugrave; impressive when you consider how the conditions were very complicated, especially as in the final shooting session transalpine was forced to stop after three targets to start shooting after a long pause. Than today & egrave; the 'yet another demonstration of the pi & ugrave; great quality & agrave; Fourcade of, or the ability & agrave; handle at will their shooting sessions deciding, as appropriate, if shoot quickly or if slow to favor accuracy. & nbsp; Unlike many other athletes, whose shot & egrave; set so monodimensione, French in recent years has proven to have many solutions in pitch depending on the needs & agrave; of the situation. A quality & agrave; making it perhaps the most & ugrave; always great interpreter of the polygon also considering how the percentages are of absolute excellence. However, should not be forgotten as Martin has the chance to become the first man in history to win four consecutive crystal balls, a goal towards which the 'obstacle pi & ugrave; high appears to have become Anton Shipulin. The Russian today concluded the square of 'honor with minimal damage in the overall standings. Instead Emil Hegle Svendsen, back from an illness, & egrave; gradually sunk in the rear closing twenty-seventh. Fourcade thus strengthens its leadership in the World Cup climbing to 481 points against the 390 of Shipulin. Svendsen & egrave; always third, but at an altitude of 343 and see approach Jakov Fak (now seventh) at 338. & nbsp; Returning to today's race, the podium & egrave; completed dall''incostante Dmitry Malyshko, managed to win in the sprint on Krasimir Anev, whose fourth place is the best result of his career. Moreover Bulgaria in the men expected to return to the podium for the past 35 years and who knows & agrave; that fasting can not be interrupted nell''inverno underway. No Italian took part in the competition. OBERHOF - MASS START MASCHILE1. FOURCADE Martin [FRA] (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) 38''31 "42. Shipulin Anton [RUS] (1 + 1 + 1 + 1) 13" 13. Malyshko Dmitry [RUS] (1 + 0 + 0 + 2) 30 "74. ANEV Krasimir [BUL] (1 + 0 + 1 + 1) to 31" 45. SLESINGR Michal [CZE] (0 + 0 + 1 + 2) 37 "86. RASTORGUJEVS Andrejs [LAT] (0 + 0 + 2 + 2) in 38" 97. FAK Jakov [SLO] (0 + 0 + 1 + 2) in 43 "78. DOLL Benedikt [GER] (0 + 1 + 0 + 2) in 44" 59. Timofey Lapshin [RUS] (1 + 0 + 1 + 2) at 44 "610. SCHEMPP Simon [GER] (2 + 0 + 1 + 2) to 51" 2Click here for full results. As for the schedule, next week you race in Ruhpolding, Bavaria. The program provides male relay Thursday on Igrave; 15 sprint Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 mass start.

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