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The 'Men pursuit of Presque Isle gave the' yet another demonstration of how Martin Fourcade is one of the most & ugrave; great biathletes ever, if not the most & ugrave; great together with Ole Einar Bj ø rndalen.
Friday 12 February 2016 7 minutes reading time
The French had not started well, slipping back after missing a target in each of the two ground sessions. However the Catalan you & egrave; reported in the second position by finding the zero on the first standing shooting, even in well-40 "by Johannes Thingnes B ø ;.
The Norwegian, gi & agrave; winner of the sprint, appeared start to a comfortable back-to-back. However, after managing to wonder the previous polygon, he has missed two on the top sometimes. Fourcade, aware of the result of Scandinavian, it gave the world the 'yet another explanation of the "Star Player" concept.
The twenty-seven of Fort Romeu has in fact covered all targets despite dell''infido wind that conditioned the race and you & egrave; stolen to their seventh win of the season, the 46th of his career, taking the luxury to eat their dust to the young B ø in the final round.
Quest''ultimo, after having brought the dances for four-fifths of the competition, you & egrave; attested in un''amara parade 'honor. The podium & egrave; It was completed by Anton Shipulin, unable to bear the distance the pace of Fourcade, from which & egrave; result behind by over a minute.
The tide of errors has expanded exponentially the gaps, so that Simon Eder - as always very strong - paid 1''40 "to the winner, however, and finished fourth! Coin Quinta for precise Erlend Bj ø ntegaard, the best result of his career, able to confirm itself in the top ten and precede the experts Michal Šlesingr and Tim Burke, good to climb several positions.
In reality & agrave; the pi & ugrave comeback; significant of the day & egrave; He was signed by twenty-one Russian Alexander Povarnitsyn, able to make inroads into the top ten recovering well 18 squares than that of departure. In contrast strongly disappointed Tarjei B ø ;, only the nineteenth.
The 'last lap & egrave; It was ravaged by a disastrous fall downhill Arnd Peiffer, literally crashed into a tree (which fortunately was attached an anti-shock protection). The German memorize options not & egrave; raised and & egrave; He was taken away on a stretcher with a neck brace.
Home Italy all have accumulated too many penalty & agrave; Also due to difficult weather conditions. Lukas Hofer (1 + 4 + 2 + 2), & egrave; He slipped sixteen positions and concluded 38 & deg ;. Conversely Thomas Bormolini (1 + 0 + 2 + 3) & egrave; fought back and closed 40 & deg ;, snatching the 'last pass for points, which were excluded Christian De Lorenzi (3 + 1 + 3 + 1) and Dominik Windisch (3 + 2 + 3 + 2).
Fourcade & egrave; increasingly & ugrave; only leading the overall standings of the World Cup with 917 points. Shipulin (694) and Tarjei B ø (606) reinforce their second and third place, while Eder (564) exceeded the 'absent Schempp (551).
Fourcade also has mortgaged specialty & agrave Cup; dell''inseguimento with 331 points against the 247 of the 228 Tarjei Shipulin and B & oslash ;.
At 19.10 will go & agrave; staged the 'feminine pursuit. The men will be back on track gi & agrave; Tomorrow, at 20:30, in the relay.
PRESQUE ISLE - TRACKING MASCHILE1. FOURCADE Martin [FRA] (1 + 1 + 0 + 0) 31''04 "42. B & Ø Johannes Thingnes [NOR] (1 + 0 + 0 + 2) 24" 83. Shipulin Anton [RUS] (1 + 0 + 0 + 1) to 1''11 "54. EDER Simon [AUT] (1 + 1 + 0 + 1) to 1''39" 75. BJ & Ø NTEGAARD ​​Erlend [NOR] (0 + 1 + 0 + 1) to 1''57 "6 6. SLESINGR Michal [CZE] (1 + 0 + 1 + 1) to 2''02" 7 7. BURKE Tim [USA] (1 + 0 + 0 + 2) to 2''04 "9 8. ILIEV Vladimir [BUL] (1 + 1 + 2 + 0) to 2''08" 79. PRYMA Artem [UKR] (1 + 1 + 0 + 1) to 2''14 "010. POVARNITSYN Alexander [RUS] (1 + 0 + 0 + 1) to 2''28" 1
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