Biathlon - World Cup Hochfilzen 2017
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The World Championships in Hochfilzen after 10 exciting races must inevitably also get a generally soporific competition. This was, at least until the last shooting range, the men's mass start.
Sunday 19 February 2017 8 minutes reading time
The first half of the test has in fact had little to say. The ground throws reiterated the difficulties of Emil Hegle Svendsen and Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, however, already lackluster Thursday from the individual. The big forced to take the penalty loop - see Martin Fourcade and Anton Shipulin - have depreciated smoothly their mistakes, falling in the large group of the head than the first polygon standing still counted 17 units.
It was this session to give a first skimming the serious pretenders to the podium. The squad of the tread has in fact halved, then reduced to only six components in the fourth round, where Fourcade decided to pick up the pace. In the French company they remained only Dominik Landertinger, Simon Eder, Johannes Bø, Simon Schempp and Arnd Peiffer.
Transalpine opted to force the issue, gaining a few meters on their opponents in view of the pitch. However the unconventional strategy that often launched him weight achievements, today failed. Catalan is in fact not been able to quickly open the way he wanted and to top it wrong twice, coming out of contention for medals, just like Peiffer and Landertinger.
Schempp and Eder have instead found a quick zero earning margin on all, while their shoulders Bø came out like a ring fury penalty, path once.
The German waited until the last climb, then launched the decisive attack with ease by detaching the Austrian and fly away to the gold medal, the first single of his career. Courses and resorts. Just uphill yesterday Schempp had been detached by Landertinger in the race to bronze in the relay. Today was redeemed with interest.
A Eder distressed seen joined by Johannes Bø, who easily disposed of him in the sprint. The Norwegian is the third silver of this edition of the World Cup. The Austrian has settled for bronze, the second of his career. In this way he equaled his father Alfred, twice in the top-three rainbow in the mid 80s.
Fourth Shipulin, slowed by an error in each of the central polygon, and a fifth imbufalito Fourcade who failed to dispel the taboo of the sixth medal in as many races, a goal never achieved so far in the men's field. Dominik Windisch (1 + 0 + 3 + 0), only Italian, concluded 24th a difficult race.
MEDAL FINAL Hochfilzen 2017 7-1-0 (8) - GERMANY 1-2-4 (7) - FRANCE 1-2-1 (4) - CZECH REPUBLIC 1-1-0 (2) - USA 1-0- 1 (2) - RUSSIA 0-3-1 (4) - 0-1-0 NORWAY (1) - BELARUS 0-1-0 (1) - UKRAINE 0-0-2 (2) - 0-0- AUSTRIA 1 (1) - ITALY 0-0-1 (1) - FINLAND
Therefore closes an issue dominated the length and breadth of Germany, capable of winning seven gold medals out of 11. For years now, the Germans have proved particularly appreciate the context in Hochfilzen, but the loot is sensational and probably unrepeatable (see 8 gold medals out of 11 in Norway in Nove Mesto 2013). About Norway, it closes no golds. In a large demonstration event did not occur by the Torino 2006 Olympic Games.
In the overall standings of the World Cup, calculated net of rejects, Fourcade secures 360 points ahead of Shipulin and 367 of Schempp when from here to the end of the season will remain available 420.
Very different the situation in the mass start specialties ranking, where Schempp strengthens its leadership going up to 210 points, against 188 of Fourcade. Mathematically offside everyone else.
Once the senior World Cup, now is the time for those youth that will be played in Brezno-Osrblie. The event will kick off Wednesday with the individual in the youth category. Thursday will be played instead of the similar races of the junior category.
however the maximum circuit we take a weekend break and will return to action on March 2 with the pre-Olympic PyeongChang.
Hochfilzen World Cup 2017 - MASS START MEN 1. SCHEMPP Simon [GER] (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) 35'38 "2. 3 BØ Johannes Thingnes [NOR] (0 + 0 + 0 + 1) 9" 0 3 . EDER Simon [AUT] (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) to 10 "1 4. Shipulin Anton [RUS] (0 + 1 + 1 + 0) to 25" 3 5. FOURCADE Martin [FRA] (1 + 0 + 0 + 2) 31 "3 6. BAILEY Lowell [USA] (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) 33" 5 7. Dominik Landertinger [AUT] (0 + 0 + 0 + 2) at 38 "0 8 . LINDSTRÖM Fredrik [SWE] (0 + 0 + 1 + 0) 39 "7 9. DOLL Benedikt [GER] (0 + 0 + 2 + 0) 42" 9 10. PEIFFER Arnd [GER] (0 + 0 + 0 + 2) 44 "5 Click here for complete results.
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