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Strong gusts of wind made complicated shoot during the men's World Cup sprint Kontiolahti, whose polygon has claimed so many victims excellent. Despite moltempici illustrious debacle, success & egrave; went to one of the favorites of the vigil and the podium gives different results of historical significance.
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The medal 'gold & egrave; was won by Johannes Thingnes B & oslash gi ;, & agrave; two-time winner in this format nell''inverno underway. The twenty-Norwegian & egrave; simply revealed the pi & ugrave; Because strong & eacute; set the fastest time on skis tight and has managed to surprise the polygon, notably on the ground, winning in spite of an error sull''ultimo own target.
For the young Scandinavian is obviously the first world title of his career, a milestone that allows the family B & oslash; boast of a unique primacy Since & eacute; becomes the first in history to have two internal biathelti able to graduate world champions at the individual level. It should not be forgotten as Tarjei had excelled in the Twenty km of the 2011 and in the mass start of 2013.
However, the eldest B & oslash; in turn, has reason to smile Because & eacute; today & egrave; adorned the bronze medal. The twenty-six & egrave; was one of the very few to have found the "zero" at the shooting range and even struggling exceedingly narrow skiing & egrave; managed to harpoon the step pi & ugrave; the bottom of the podium having reason to Simon Fourcade and Erik Lesser after a furious duel virtual final lap.
French confirms its role as "Wile E. Coyote" biathlon men finishing in fourth place with an error and being for the 'umpteenth time in having to think he just touched a result of weight. German instead pu & ograve; regret for having missed just the 'latest target of a few millimeters. In the light of potentials & agrave ;, its performance remains positive. You eat your hands also Evgeny Garanichev, very competitive in the bottom, but at the end of the sixth with two penalty payment agrave ;.
Conversely those who can & ograve; celebrate with champagne and caviar & egrave; Nathan Smith, blatantly capable of winning the medal 'silver. Certainly the Canadian had already & agrave; presented in the top ten, but find it on the podium with an error & egrave; absolutely amazing. In any case, the twenty-nine of Calgary occupied with about the place of 'honor Since & eacute; has achieved the seventh time skiing day, then finding the classic "day of grace" just in time for the big race of the season. It is a historic achievement Since & eacute; Canada was never finished on the podium in the men's world championship (they arrived for & ograve; medals among women, thanks to Myriam Bedard, in the first half & agrave; the early '90s).
Notably like Canada in this 2015, has won at least one medal in every World of Olympic sports on snow as it was already & agrave; finished on the podium in the events dedicated to snowboarding and freestyle, alpine skiing and Nordic disciplines.
The top ten & egrave; was completed by men gi & agrave; seen in the noble rankings nell''inverno Current: Michal Å lesingr, Vladimir Iliev, Ondrej Moravec and Benedikt Doll. Missing so many famous names from the top positions, and therefore the list of losers of the day & egrave; long.
Martin Fourcade is & egrave; placed twelfth due to a poor standing polygon (3 errors). If the result of the race in nell''ottica s & egrave; & Eacute; disappointing, just as you can not & ograve; say regarding the race for the Crystal Ball absolute, in which French is gaining ground on rivals. Anton Shipulin (1 + 1) is & egrave; in fact, placed eighteenth, a disastrous Simon Schempp (4 + 3) not & egrave; not even qualified for the 'tracking and Jakov Fak (1 + 2) concluded fourteenth. & nbsp;
Ole Einar Bj & oslash; rndalen (1 + 2) set the fastest time of the shot, but it & egrave; went beyond the nineteenth square still doing better than an off Emil Hegle Svendsen (2 + 2), thirty-sixth, and whose season is not going to "turn".
As seen nell''inverno ongoing performance of the Italian team & egrave; discreet. Dominik Windisch (1 + 1) is & egrave; ranked 23 & deg; seconds ahead of Lukas Hofer (1 + 2), 24 & deg ;, and Christian De Lorenzi (0 + 1) 25 & deg ;. However distant Thomas Bormolini (1 + 4), which has closed 90 & deg; missing the qualification all''inseguimento.
Net scrap the overall standings of the World Cup reads Fourcade 791, 707 Shipulin, Schempp 688, 644 Fak, Johannes B & oslash; 601. Considering how missing six races after dell''inverno, now the only obstacle between the Catalan and the historic fourth consecutive crystal ball appears to be the Siberian as the Teutonic and the 'Illyrian are now too far away. & Nbsp;
The debacle of Schempp allows Fourcade move into the lead of the standings specialty & agrave; the sprint with 356 points against the 330 of the young B & oslash ;, the 329 German, 316 and 314 of Shipulin of Fak.
WORLD Kontiolahti - SPRINT MASCHILE1. B & Ø Johannes Thingnes [NOR] (0 + 1) 24''12 "82. SMITH Nathan [CAN] (0 + 1) 12" 13. B & Ø Tarjei [NOR] (0 + 0) 25 "34. FOURCADE Simon [FRA] (0 + 1) 29" 55. LESSER Erik [GER] (0 + 1) 30 "36. GARANICHEV Evgeny [RUS] (0 + 2) 35" 67. SLESINGR Michal [CZE] (1 + 1) to 36 "18. ILIEV Vladimir [BUL] (1 + 0) to 40" 28. MORAVEC Ondrej [CZE] (0 + 1) 43 "910. DOLL Benedikt [GER] (0 + 2) to 46" 5Click here for full results.
As for the program of the World Cup, in the late afternoon & egrave; expected the women's sprint. The men will be back on track tomorrow, starting at 13:15, for the 'pursuit.
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