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Out of the usual Christmas break, the Biathlon World Cup is back in action with a stop in Oberhof, traditional appointment in early January. In the men's Martin Fourcade and Emil Hegle Svendsen have ribatito for the 'umpteenth time to be superior to the competition, but they are supported by a third wheel.
Wednesday 7 January 2015 10 minutes reading time
ATTUALITA''A spite of mononucleosis or the scarcity & agrave; motivation, Martin Fourcade and Emil Hegle Svendsen have proven even in December the biathletes pi & ugrave; strong of a men's circuit where for years are a cut above the competition (in the case of the two French).
In December, for & ograve; the trans and the Norwegian & egrave; flanked Anton Shipulin, which & egrave; indeed second in the overall World Cup with one point ahead on the Scandinavian and 25 delay from Catalan.
At youth level Russian had hinted they could become a candidate for the crystal ball, but so far not been able to express themselves consistently at levels of 'absolute excellence. In the first three stages we have to seasonal & ograve; Shipulin admired the best ever that his part said he had always dreamed of bringing the World Cup in Russia absent since 1996.
January dir & agrave; if the twenty-seven Tyumen potr & agrave; represent a credible third wheel in the race for the overall standings, cos & Igrave; as if Dominik Landertinger and Jakov Fak will aspire to be at least the outsider in the race to the final success, or will have to settle for a place to compete.
In Italy the home 'start to the season has respected those who could be considered to expectations. Dominik Windisch you & egrave; proved fickle, but finished half & agrave; of matches played in the first 20 positions. Lukas Hofer instead struggled on skis tight, as expected after the physical problems had in the fall, but - if supported by precision - proved he could compete for the top ten.
There will & agrave; then interest especially around twenty-five of St. Lorenzen to see if there will be & agrave; growth in competitiveness & agrave; in the fund. In general both Hofer that Windisch need to do well in the sprint on Saturday to gain access to the mass start on Sunday.
Behind the two South Tyrolean movement masculine confirms that at the time few parts. However in December Thomas Bormolini you & egrave; imposed as number 3 team and & egrave; even went beyond the expectations of the technicians. The twenty-three valtellinese & egrave; was the most famous & ugrave; proud of the first part of the winter will return & agrave; in action after missing the stage of Pokljuka.
The 'Italy will leave & agrave; vacant fifths pectoral available, while the fourth will & agrave; once again sailed Christian De Lorenzi. For the two Lombard area points & egrave; pi & ugrave; a hope that an objective, but historically in Oberhof who can shoot well pu & ograve; realize exploits unexpected, as taught by the 'Estonia Kauri Koiv.
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STORIAOberhof has made an appearance in the calendar male in the 1983 season - '' 84, hosting the maximum circuit also in the two successive winters and then find a place intermittently over the years' 90s, when in 1993 he also had to undergo a cancellation due to poor snow (the stage was recovered in Ridnauntal).
With the 'advent of the twenty-first century the' system of Thuringia & egrave; instead became a classic, finding fixed position as the first stop of January (except for 2003 - '' 04, when you race you & ograve; in February to host the World Cup).
The peculiarity & agrave; Oberhof & egrave; to have what is widely considered the polygon pi & ugrave; dell''intero complicated circuit, since & eacute; - Besides being often plagued by wind and fog - you arrive after a long stretch of floor where & egrave; impossible to rise again to recover.
So far in the DKB-Ski-Arena were sailed 49 races male individual first level (6 twenty kilometers, 22 sprint, 10 chases, 11 mass start), four with iridescent value (one for each format in 2004) .
Are 28 athletes with at least one victory. Among them stands the "usual" Ole Einar Bj & oslash; rndalen, able to impose itself on 9 occasions. However it can not & ograve; be named Raphael also Poir & eacute; and, according to the number of successes (6) and Ruler of the World Cup in 2004 when he won three medals' gold.
Realizing the gi & agrave; cited Bj & oslash; rndalen are seven athletes in activities & agrave; to claim success on the snows of Oberhof. Tarjei B & oslash ;, Dmitry Malyshko and Emil Hegle Svendsen have imposed two times, and have excelled in un''occasione Arnd Peiffer, Andreas Birnbacher and Martin Fourcade.
In terms of nations on the step pi & ugrave; top of the podium nine different flags waved. Norway has 14 victories and last year took over the edge on Russia, in the second portion 11. In truth & agrave; the German successes are 12, but divided between two different entities & agrave; state: 9 for the Federal Republic (2 when it was commonly called "West Germany" and 7 after the fall of the Berlin Wall) and 3 for the Democratic Republic, or East Germany, if you prefer. France & egrave; climb on the step pi & ugrave; top of the podium eight times, while the rest of the world has collected very little since the Soviet Union, Italy, Poland and Austria have stopped to one success. & nbsp;
The 'assertion Italian arriv & ograve; nell''individuale of 19 January 1995 thanks to Wilfried Pallhuber, impostosi ahead of Frenchman Patrice Bailly-Salins and the Russian Eduard Riabov. There are also three other podiums. Pier Carrara finished third the 'individual of 31 January 1991, Andreas Zingerle you Piazz & ograve; third in the sprint of 2 February 1991, and Ren & eacute; Laurent Vuillermoz Classific & ograve; in turn, the third in the sprint of 6 January 2007.
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