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The first race of the World Cup program in Oslo & egrave; the medley relay. The quartets nazionalii will compete starting at 15:30 on Thursday on igrave; March 3.
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HISTORY MONDIALIIl March 3, 2016 will come & agrave; assigned l & rsquo; eleventh world title of the medley relay. Initially considered a "minor" format, and consequently snubbed by many nations, it has over the years consolidated its reputation by buying equal dignity & agrave; compared to the other competitions, to become an integral part of the Olympic Games program.
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, bens & igrave; 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, bens & igrave; woman-man-woman-man. Again each country had the right to enter two teams.
The test phase is & egrave; Closed in 2007, the year when the medley relay & egrave; 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. & Nbsp;
However, only in 2011, when he assumed the role of the inaugural event of the event followed by a day of rest before the sprint, & egrave; become an appointment involving substantially all big. Previously flat rates among athletes cry abounded, as the evidence was located halfway & agrave; way between pursuits and individual.
To date six countries have managed to win a world title. Norway & egrave; the pi & ugrave country; absolute winner having excelled for 3 times (2011, 2012, 2013). Follow with 2 statements Germany (2008, 2010) and Russia (2005, 2006). single success for Sweden (2007), France (2009) and Czech Republic (2015).
Countries able to do just a world champion gold coincide with those got on the podium more & ugrave; than once. The item total medals in fact controls at 7 Norway (3-2-2). Follow 6 Germany (2-1-3) and France (1-3-2). 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).
L & rsquo; Italy plays a curious role. In today & egrave; l & rsquo; only entity & agrave; national to be awarded an Olympic medal, but not a world. In fact, the Blues have harpooned the bronze Five circles of 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 s & igrave; won four 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 you & egrave; limited to only a bronze, for more & ugrave; dated 2008.
Conversely Norway does not descend from the podium of a main event Pyeong Chang in 2009, after which & eacute; from 2010 it has & nbsp; four golds, one silver and one bronze.
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SEASON 2015-2016Nella season were played two mixed relay races valid for the maximum circuit.
On November 29, a & ouml; stersund, you & egrave; Tax Norway (Horn Birkeland, Eckhoff, B ø J., B ø T.), ahead of Germany (Hildebrand, Hinz, Doll, Schempp) and Czech Republic (Vitkova, Soukalova, Slesingr, Moravec). & nbsp;
Instead Feb. 7, in Canmore, success & egrave; went to Germany (Hildebrand, Preu & szlig ;, Peiffer, Schempp) before all''Italia (Wierer, Oberhofer, Hofer, Windisch) and Norway (Olsbu, Solemdal, Os, Bogetveit).
Thus Germany and Norway have divided the successes and made the podium in both races. It goes to memorize options remarked how both competitions will be played on the same day of the Single Mixed, absent from the trial world champion program.
For this reason, some countries - France in the lead - have fielded their tips in the pairs competition. Consequently, the medley relay world championship will have & agrave; probably a field much more starters & ugrave; qualified than that seen in the two races in the season.
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AS '' THE WORLD Kontiolahti 2015 1. CZECH REPUBLIC [Vitkova, Soukalova, Slesingr, Moravec] (0 + 8) 1: 20''27 "72. FRANCE [Bescond, Dorin, Beatrix, Fourcade M.] (0 +8) 20 "23. NORWAY [Horn, Eckhoff, B ø J., B ø T.] (1 + 3) in 27 "74. BELARUS [Skardino, Domracheva, Chepelin, Liadov] (0 + 7) in 31" 05. AUSTRIA [Hauser, Innerhofer, Grosseger, Eder] (0 + 3) to 1''00 "36. GERMANY [Kummer, Preu & szlig ;, B & ouml; hm, Doll] (0 + 6) to 1''22" 8
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