Simon Schempp triumphed in the men's sprint in Anterselva. Shipulin comeback still on Fourcade

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Just like last year, Simon Schempp you & egrave; imposed in the sprint of Anterselva. Unlike what happened in 2014 for the German & ograve; did not have to share the step pi & ugrave; top of the podium of a race tiratissima and full of twists and turns, but he crashed competition.

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The twenty-six of the Baden-WÃ¼; rttemberg clocked the second time on skis tight, confirming the brilliant moment of form gi & agrave; put on display last week in Ruhpolding, and - covering all targets - got the second consecutive victory, the fourth of his career. Piazza d''honor for Evgeny Garanichev, the highest score in the winter. The Russian & egrave; was itself the perfect shot, but has not held up in the German fund resulting chopped 14 "0. The 'now twenty-seven Tyumen finished second ahead Jakov Fak and Benjamin Weger, ambededue authors of an error. In particular, the 'Swiss pu & ograve; Because biting your hands & eacute; Today & egrave; was clearly the 'man pi & ugrave; fast track. However & egrave; even on the podium due to a small problem with the rifle at the shooting ground, in fact costatogli third place, shaded by 8/10 in favor of Slovenia. Fifth place and best career result for reviving Canadian Brendan Green, always very at ease in Anterselva, which preceded The Henrik 'Abee-Lund, the pi & ugrave; competitive Norwegians. The choice of the technical staff of Scandinavian deploy twenty-eight instead of Oslo & eacute; Erlend Bj & oslash; ntegaard & egrave; was surprising, but obviously had a foundation. He finished seventh one who could be considered the favorite of the eve, or Anton Shipulin. The Russian & ograve; missed a target and, even if he closed with zero, would not have beaten Schempp. In any case, the twenty-seven Tyumen recovers another 20 points on a Martin Fourcade espressosi along the lines of Ruhpolding. The Frenchman has indeed closed the twenty-fifth with two penalty payment agrave ;. Among the big 'eternal Ole Einar Bj & oslash; rndalen (0 + 1) and Ondrej Moravec (0 + 0) were placed in the top ten, finishing seventh and tenth. Bad day instead of Emil Hegle Svenden (1 + 1) and Johannes Thingnes B & oslash; (2 + 1), respectively, twenty-eighth and thirty-first. In Italy home is nothing new under the sun, since & eacute; the male sector continues to gasp. Lukas Hofer least (1 + 1) and Dominik Windisch (2 + 1) have entered into the points, concluding & ograve; 34 & deg; and 39 & deg ;. Christian De Lorenzi (0 + 1) is & egrave; ranked 44 & deg ;. All three will participate all''inseguimento, which however did not gain access Thomas Bormolini (2 + 0), 70 & deg ;. Regarding the overall standings of the World Cup, Fourcade remains yellow bib with 532 points, but Shipulin approaching 507 and, with the results of the last races, you Schempp & egrave; powerfully hoisted 489. Svendsen instead loses more and more & ugrave; ground and & egrave; fourth with 428, just ahead of Fak (427). Schempp conquers the red bib of the overall standings with 247 points in the sprint. Precedes Fourcade (230), Shipulin (207), Johannes Thingnes B & oslash; and Jakov Fak (205). ANTHOLZ - SPRINT MASCHILE1. SCHEMPP Simon [GER] (0 + 0) 23''18 "82. GARANICHEV Evgeniy [RUS] (0 + 0) to 14" 03. FAK Jakov [SLO] (0 + 1) 20 "14. WEGER Benjamin [ON] (1 + 0) 20" 95. GREEN Brendan [CAN] (0 + 0) to 24 "46. The 'ABEE-LUND Henrik [NOR] (0 + 0) to 33" 27. Anton Shipulin [RUS] (0 + 1) 34 "28. EDER Simon [AUT] (1 + 0) 35" 99. BJ & Ã˜ RNDALEN Ole Einar [NOR] (0 + 1) 43 "210. MORAVEC Ondrej [CZE] (0 + 0) to 45" 6Click here for full results. As for the schedule, tomorrow & egrave; program in the women's sprint, starting at 14.30. The men will be back on track Saturday at 13:30 with the 'pursuit.

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