Biathlon - World Cup Hochfilzen 2017
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On February 9, 2017 will be awarded the title of world's twelfth medley relay. Initially considered a "minor" format and thus snubbed by many nations, has over the years he consolidated its reputation, gaining equal status with respect to other competitions, to become an integral part of the Olympic Games program.
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However, before reaching the present status, it had to travel a long and tortuous path.
The first world title was awarded in 2005, but not during the World Cup in Hochfilzen, but a few weeks later in Khanty-Mansiysk. All''epoca every nation could field two quartets and any factional, including males, walked 6 km.
In 2006 however all athletes, including girls, were faced with 7.5 kilometers. In addition, the 'order of fractions was not a woman-man-woman-man, but woman-man-woman-man. Again each country had the right to enter two teams.
The experimental phase ended in 2007, the year in which the mixed relay has entered fully into the World Cup program and assumed today's shape. Then a quartet by country, the first two female fractions of 6 km followed by the men's 7.5 km.
However, only in 2011, when he assumed the role of the inaugural event of the World Championship event, it has become an appointment involving substantially all big. Previously flat rates among athletes cry abounded, as the evidence was placed halfway between the chases and the individual.
To date six countries have managed to win a world title. Norway is the most successful country ever having excelled for 3 times (2011, 2012, 2013). Follow with 2 statements Germany (2008, 2010), Russia (2005, 2006) and France (2009, 2016). single success for Sweden (2007) and Czech Republic (2015).
Countries able to do just a world champion gold coincide with those on the podium more than once. The item total medals in fact commanded to share 8 Norway (3-2-3). Following a 7 France (2-3-2) and Germany (2-2-3). Are then Russia 4 (2-1-1), Sweden 3 (1-1-1) and the Czech Republic 2 (1-0-1). Top-three only for Belarus (0-1-0) and Slovenia (0-1-0).
Italy plays a curious role. To date it is the only national entity to be awarded an Olympic medal, but not a world. In fact, the Blues have harpooned the bronze Five circles Sochi 2014 behind Norway and Czech Republic, but in the field champion have never gone beyond the fourth place, collected in Nove Mesto in 2013.
It should be noted that Russia has so won 4 medals, but three of them have arrived in the experimental two-year period (two even in the same race, gold and silver in 2005). From 2007 onwards however it is limited to only a bronze, in addition dated 2008!
Conversely Norway does not descend from the podium of a main event Pyeong Chang in 2009, after which from 2010 has a palmares of four golds, one silver and two bronzes.
SEASON 2016-2017A today was held un''unica medley relay. The November 27, 2016 in Östersund the race was won by Norway ahead of Germany and all''Italia.
It should be noted, however, as that day was also planning a Single Mixed (format not yet included in the World Cup program), so some nations decided to deploy its own spearheads in the test in pairs.
AS '' THE WORLD FRANCE OSLO 20161. [Bescond, Dorin H., Fillon Maillet, Fourcade M.] (0 + 8) 1''14 "01" 0 2. GERMANY [Preuss, Hildebrand, Peiffer, Schempp] ( 0 + 7) to 4 "33. NORWAY [Olsbu, Eckhoff, J. Bø, Bø T.] (0 + 10) in 14" 44. UKRAINE [Semerenko, Pidhrushna, Semenov, Pidruchnyi] (0 + 9) in 29 "85. AUSTRIA [Zdouc, Hauser, Eder, Landertinger] (0 + 3) to 1''07" 1 6. CZECH REPUBLIC [Vitkova, Soukalova, Slesingr, Krcmar] (0 + 5) to 1''23 "3
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