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For Martin Fourcade the 'pursuit of Khanty-Mansiysk was a mere formality & agrave; Since & eacute; would have been sufficient to conclude in thirty-eighth position to become the first man to win four consecutive World Cups. Mission accomplished smoothly with a fourth place.
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Curiously the race of Catalan & egrave; was all in the sign of the number four that, in addition to being the number of crystal balls won and the placement today, also represents the total number of targets he missed. Certainly not the best performance dell''inverno, but pi & ugrave; than enough to close the discussion on the general classification.
Surprisingly (but not too) competition & egrave; been dominated by Nathan Smith, which is confirmed in athletic condition dazzling. The Canadian silver world champion in sprint Kontiolahti, today won the first victory of his career by dominating the scene. The twenty-nine of Calgary took the lead after the third shot and kept it with authority & agrave; to the finish, wrong only once.
Piazza d''honor for Benedikt Doll, ripropostosi on the podium after the third place in the sprint. The talented twenty-five of the & nbsp; Baden-Wü; rttemberg has proven to be an element on which the German team potr & agrave; point in the near future back on its feet after finishing the edge of the team. The podium & egrave; completed dall''idolo local Anton Shipulin, who on the final straight was right to Fourcade, where & egrave; must open a long parenthesis.
The transalpine fact becomes the first biathlete who won four consecutive crystal balls improving the record shared with Frank Ullrich and Raphael Poir & eacute; and, which is Filotto & egrave; stopped three, however, achieved by the Catalan number of World Cups absolute (4). Remains pi & ugrave; only the rich palmares of Ole Einar Bj & oslash; rndalen, with 6. & nbsp;
The Norwegian & ograve; seen equaled by Fourcade in un''impresa hitherto unpublished, that of repeat nell''arco career the Triple Crown. The difference & egrave; that there Scandinavian & egrave; managed to more than 40 years, while the French did to 26.
Not only that, the second Triple Crown dell''atleta Fort Romeu & egrave; the pi & ugrave; rapid of all time (1 year and 37 days), is cos & Igrave; passed the 'long-standing record of Frank Ullrich (2 years and 36 days) dating back to 1980 and is a limit probably unbeatable.
So as not to miss anything Martin also won the Cup specialty & agrave; dell''inseguimento, a milestone that allows him to grow to around 12 "cups" in career and further close gi & agrave; cited Bj & oslash; rndalen, spintosi 20.
The numbers speak for themselves. Fourcade, just 26 and a half years, & egrave; gi & agrave; third all-times for number of wins and podiums for fourth. & Egrave; one of four athletes capable of winning four times the Crystal Ball absolute and one of the three to reach double figures in the rankings of specialty & agrave ;. Furthermore, as just mentioned, in some fields & egrave; pushed where no one had yet dared, even Ole Einar Bj & oslash; rndalen.
It should also be noted how he lived months of success in spite of a summer training botched cause mononucleosis that forced him to miss several weeks of training. In fact, did not dominate on skis tight as in the past and in recent months his superiority & agrave; comes from the fact that we are living the best winter ever shooting, component in which she has equaled the record of "zero" in a single year agonistica.Non Because it is a case & eacute; French has been shown to dominate both making a difference in the depth that making a difference to the polygon. No one in the history of the biathlon men had never been capable of so much, so from this point of view should be considered the most Fourcade & ugrave; great talent of always having tried to be the perfect biathlete.
The question arises where potr & agrave; get Martin. Hard to say, because even & eacute; likely his career will not last & agrave; very long. In the past has to pi & ugrave; shooting said they do not want to grow old practicing biathlon Since & eacute; has the desire to pursue other interests in life and does not want to start doing it too late.
In this respect no & egrave; possible that 2015 - '' 16 may also be his last season as biathlete. We should not forget how it is to be a father, and this fact, coupled with the achievement of all the sporting achievements, could affect its future decisions. In any case, unless a change of ideas, & egrave; hard to imagine in business & agrave; beyond 2018, when scolliner & agrave; 30 years.
Whatever choices Fourcade & egrave; no doubt that the day when opter & agrave; skiing and rifle hanging on a nail sar & agrave; very sad for biathlon Since & eacute; will come & agrave; less the ultimate expression of the sport ever seen in history.
Returning to the race today, so Germany in the first positions with Daniel B & ouml; hm Arnd Peiffer fifth and sixth, but the movement Teutonic must raise the white flag in the race for third place in the general classification. Simon Schempp you & egrave; sick and not & egrave; party thus leaving the field open to Jakov Fak, tenth at the finish line, reaching the coveted step pi & ugrave; the bottom of the podium in the overall ranking.
Homemade Italian & egrave; arrived un''ottima race Lukas Hofer, the best of his winter unfortunately, less than repeated forfeit in mass tomorrow, sar & agrave; Also the 'last. The twenty-five South Tyrolean missed one target and has recovered to the 14th position, touching even the top ten. Dominik Windisch instead concluded 43 & deg; with six errors.
In Khanty Mansiysk - TRACKING MASCHILE1. SMITH Nathan [CAN] (0 + 0 + 0 + 1) 32''04 "92. DOLL Benedikt [GER] (0 + 0 + 1 + 1) to 24" 03. Shipulin Anton [RUS] (1 + 1 + 0 + 2) 35 "74. FOURCADE Martin [FRA] (1 + 0 + 1 + 2) at 40" 35. B & Öland; HM Daniel [GER] (1 + 0 + 0 + 1) 49 "26. PEIFFER Arnd [GER] (0 + 0 + 1 + 2) in 58" 17. LINDSTR & Öland; M Fredrik [SWE] (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) to 1''10 "88. RASTORGUJEVS Andrejs [LAT] (1 + 0 + 0 + 3) to 1''34" 99. SLESINGR Michal [CZE] (1 + 1 + 2 + 0) to 1''43 "510. FAK Jakov [SLO] (2 + 0 + 2 + 0) to 1''46" 0Click here for full results.
Today at 14.00 & egrave; program in the 'women's pursuit. Tomorrow grand finale with mass start (male 10.00, female 12.00). Among men there will & agrave; fight for the Cup specialty agrave ;, where & when & egrave; head Anton Shipulin. & nbsp;
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SMITH Nathan
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