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The February 12, 2017 assigning the seventeenth World male title chase, format devised in the mid '90s and entered the world championship program since 1997.
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SEASON 2016-2017Nella season were played 5 pursuits in which they are imposed and they are 2 different athletes on the podium a total of nine different men.
The two that has excelled in this format are Martin Fourcade, strong well-4 successes (Pokljuka, Nove Mesto, Oberhof, Ruhpolding) and Anton Babikov (Ostersund).
Fourcade is also the 'athlete who has more podiums (5) in the current winter (4-0-1). Translated: the presents vintage racing is never out of the top three!
Are two placings in the top-three of Emil Hegle Svendsen (0-2-0) and Anton Shipulin (0-1-1).
In addition to the victory, Babikov never resubmitted to the podium. Maxim Tsvetkov and Arnd Peiffer got a second place; while Quentin Fillon Maillet, Dominik Windisch and Michal Krcmar stood once again in third place.
So thus far in the season for 3 times (60%) there has been a back-to-back, ie the 'athlete winner of the sprint then also won the' pursuit. Curiously, the percentage (60%) is the same also about the winners of the pursuit race on the podium in the sprint. In other words, during 2016 - '' 17 chases were conquered or who won the sprint, or men piazzatisi outside the top six positions in the trial of two polygons!
To date nell''attuale winter on the podium chases waved the flags of six different countries, all European: France (4-0-2), Russia (1-2-1), Norway (0-2-0), Germany (0-1-0), Italy (0-0-1) and Czech Republic (0-0-1).
It should be noted such as France and Russia are the only countries to have sent on the podium more than un''atleta (two each in total).
As for the 'Italy, has already said the 3rd place of Dominik Windisch in Oberhof. The twenty-seven of Anterselva has also placed 11th in Ruhpolding. Also in Oberhof got a 12 ^ square Lukas Hofer, for the rest never entered in the top 25. For their part, Joseph Montello and Thomas Bormolini have qualified for the 'chase once, finishing respectively 43 ° and 52 ° .
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HISTORY MONDIALINell''ambito World Cup testing has always played using as a base the finishing order of the sprint. In the World Cup instead occasionally it happened to attend a pursuit with the start list determined by halved detachments of twenty kilometers.
From 1997 to 2016 there are 9 different world champions, belonging to 4 different countries.
Among them the most successful of all is Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, the only one to have won the '4 times world champion gold (2005, 2007, 2008, 2009), for several consecutive.
On the subject of nations command Norway and Germany with 5 statements. Russia and France have instead excelled 3 times.
The interesting fact is the fact that these countries, coinciding with the historical superpowers of the discipline, have established a real tetrarchia as dominate the scene also considering toto medals.
The four movements mentioned above have in fact obtained 46 of the 48 medals so far offered as prizes: 15 Norway (5-4-6), 12 Russia (3-7-2), 10 Germany (5-1-4) and 9 France (3-3-2). The only "raids" are those of Finland (0-0-1) and Sweden (0-1-0).
Including the aforementioned Bjoerndalen, there are four biathletes in activities to claim a world title nell''inseguimento. Norwegian are added Martin Fourcade (2011, 2012, 2016), Emil Hegle Svendsen (2013) and Erik Lesser (2015).
Three members of this quartet on the bulletin board also medals of less valuable metals. Bjoerndalen got one silver (2016) and 2 bronze medals (2004, 2008); Fourcade 2 silvers (2011, 2013), Svendsen 1 silver (2012) and one bronze (2016).
In addition to the four world champions in assets only we find two other men on the podium of a World Cup pursuit. This is Anton Shipulin (silver in 2015, bronze in 2013 and 2012), and Tarjei Bø (bronze in 2011 and 2015).
In spite of the harvest of medals in the sprint came between 1996 and 2001, the 'Italy has never been able to confirm its own athlete in the top-three of the pursuit, or to make comebacks from afar. The best placement of the blue in a world championship chase is the 5th place of Patrick Favre in 1997.
* In 8 cases (50.0%) there has been a back-to-back, ie the 'victorious athlete dell''oro in sprint then also won the dell''inseguimento. Instead on 12 occasions * (75.0%) the pursuit of the world title went to a man on the podium in the trial of two polygons.
* In 1998 the 'tracking Pokljuka gave world title (all''epoca the format was not included in the Olympic Games program) and Russian Vladimir Dratchev won starting with bib number 1. Therefore, the success is considered a back-to- back despite the sprint of the day before had value only to the World Cup.
The 'worst athlete ranked in the sprint capable of winning the' World Championship gold pursuit is Viktor Maigourov, it imposed in 1997 under the bib number 12. As for the medals instead the most impressive comeback is that of Finland Paavo Puurunen, bronze in 2003, starting with the number 21.
AS '' THE WORLD OF OSLO 20161. FOURCADE Martin [FRA] (0 + 0 + 1 + 2) 32''56 "52. Ole Einar Bjorndalen [NOR] (1 + 0 + 0 + 1) 20" 13. SVENDSEN Emil Hegle [NOR] (0 + 0 + 0 + 1) in 31 "24. BØ Johannes Thingnes [NOR] (0 + 2 + 0 + 1) 38" 35. FAK Jakov [SLO] (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) 41 "96. DESTHIEUX Simon [FRA] (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) 42" 97. LESSER Erik [GER] (0 + 0 + 0 + 2) to 43 "38. SEMENOV Sergey [UKR] (1 + 0 + 1 + 1) to 50" 09. Shipulin Anton [RUS] (0 + 0 + 0 + 1) to 59 "910. FILLON MAILLET Quentin [FRA] (0 + 1 + 1 + 0) to 59" 9
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