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Martin Fourcade has gi & agrave; written indelible pages of the history of the biathlon, but today the French & egrave; pushed further nell''Empireo of this discipline by winning the 'individual World Kontiolahti, equaling cos & Igrave; a pair of primates.
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The twenty six year old Catalan has won the medal 'gold setting his best time on skis tight, albeit without dominating as usual. With the zero bound after committing an error on the second shot the transalpine has managed to perfection the last two sessions.
As said Martin Fourcade equals two primates. In the first place than today & egrave; win number eight career in format dell''individuale, nobody has excelled pi & ugrave; him in this type of race. Furthermore, having also imposed in the Twenty km dei Nove Mesto World Cup in 2013 and the Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014, becomes the first athlete after over half a century to succeed nell''impresa to excel in three consecutive main events. The 'only capable of so much had been the Soviet Vladimir Melanin, world champion in 1962 and 1963 before triumphing in Innsbruck in 1964.
In short, the French gave the 'yet another demonstration of being an absolute champion and be one of the pi & ugrave; great athletes in the history of biathlon, with respect to those who - despite having won an infinitesimal compared to him - it also allows to define it "arrogant".
The success of Fourcade (which appeared very impressed by the tragedy which claimed the lives swimmer Camile Muffat, & nbsp; the sailor Florence Arthaud and boxer Alexis Vastine) & egrave; ennobled by being released from the cul de sac in which it had infiliato its historic rival Emil Hegle Svendsen who, without shine skiing tight, found the shoot-out. The Norwegian has maximized their potential and you & egrave; had to bow to 20 "9/2, however finding a medal 'silver that saves the budget deficit un''annata far.
Bronze & egrave; always been the prerogative of the solid Ondrej Moravec, became over the years one of the most biathletes & ugrave; reliable circuit. Czech turned in a test parallel to that of Martin Fourcade shooting, paying 40 "5 at the finish line and passing over dell''ultimo around his older brother Simon, always pi & ugrave;" Wile E. Coyote "biathlon. L '' now thirty-one & egrave; was perfect at the shooting range, but had to give up the bronze for 5 "2.
Pu & ograve; instead celebrate despite the fifth Sergey Semenov. The 'Ukrainian won the World Cup of specialty & agrave; dell''individuale getting cos & Igrave; a trophy ever achieved by his country in the men (among women she managed & Igrave; Olena Zubrilova in 1999 by winning the ranking dedicated to the mass start).
Another demonstration of crystalline talent even by Ole Einar Bj & oslash; rndalen that at age 41 played finished sixth ahead to equality & agrave; of the twenty-two errors Johannes Thingnes B & oslash ;, seventh. The top ten & egrave; was completed by consistent Simon Schempp and Jakov Fak, eighth and tenth, among which & egrave; added Alexey Volkov, has become a specialist in this format.
He knocked on the doors of the top ten Christian De Lorenzi (1 + 0 + 0 + 0), twelfth and author of the provision by applause. In contrast the rest of the Blues were very far from the points (where moreover & egrave;'re thirty-ninth square Briton Steve Jackson-Lee, mate Katja Haller). Lukas Hofer (2 + 1 + 0 + 2) concluded fiftieth, Thomas Bormolini (1 + 0 + 2 + 1) and eighty Dominik Windisch (3 + 2 + 0 + 2) noventunesimo. Moreover, the thirty-four Valtellina & egrave; the 'only one to qualify for the mass start.
One wonders whether it is not a coincidence that De Lorenzi, preparatosi autonomously during the 'summer and especially on the track in Nove Mesto na Morave (unlike the other three, called for a rally "pre-World" set at five weeks of the event rainbow), is the best of the Italians in this World Cup.
Disappointed to day Michal Å lesingr (1 + 0 + 1 + 1) and Anton Shipulin (1 + 0 + 0 + 1), respectively fourteenth and sixteenth. The Czech continues to show excellent athletic condition, but has not collected a individual medal. The Russian, however, suffered a fall, sees reduced to a flicker their hopes to excel in the race to the World Cup.
In fact, net of scraps and with four races remaining Fourcade leads to 101 points ahead of his twenty-seven of Tyumen and may have taken the 'decisive momentum in the race to that which would be his fourth consecutive crystal ball, goal ever achieved by some in the past.
WORLD Kontiolahti - INDIVIDUAL MASCHILE1. FOURCADE Martin [FRA] (0 + 1 + 0 + 0) 47''29 "42. SVENDSEN Emil Hegle [NOR] (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) 20" 93. MORAVEC Ondrej [CZE] (0 + 1 + 0 + 0) 40 "54. FOURCADE Simon [FRA] (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) to 47" 75. SEMENOV Sergey [UKR] (1 + 0 + 0 + 0) to 56 "06. BJ & Ø RNDALEN Ole Einar [NOR] (1 + 0 + 0 + 0) to 1''21" 17. B & Ø Johannes Thingnes [NOR] (0 + 0 + 1 + 0) to 1''14 "28. SCHEMPP Simon [GER] (0 + 1 + 1 + 0) to 1''14" 99. Alexey Volkov [RUS] (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) to 1''42 "910. FAK Jakov [SLO] (0 + 1 + 1 + 0) to 1''45" 5Click here for full results.
As for the program of the World Cup in the day Friday & Igrave; March 13, always starting at 17:15, you disputer & agrave; the women's relay. The 'similar men's race will be held & agrave; instead at 16.30 on Saturday 14.
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