A superlative Erik Lesser triumphs nell''inseguimento champion of Kontiolahti

The 'masculine pursuit of World Kontiolahti you & egrave; played in conditions that tutt''altro Nordic: temperatures above freezing and rain with wind often scourged the polygon. Weather typical of Oberhof, from which not coincidentally comes the winner.

Sunday 8 March 2015 8 minutes reading time

The medal 'gold & egrave; was in fact was conquered by Erik Lesser, today simply unattainable for the competition. The German, fifth in the sprint yesterday, you & egrave; quickly proved very perky skiing and took command of operations in solitude gi & agrave; after the polygons to the ground. The Thuringian has progressively increased its advantage over pursuers managing perfectly the shot, where & egrave; was the 'only one of sixty starters realize shoot-out, and holding a wonder the pressure of awareness that to shoot for the world title, he had not won in his career. You can not & ograve; talk by surprise in an absolute sense because & eacute; the setting was very favorable to the Teutonic. In addition to weather and wind, typical of the areas in which & egrave; grew up, should not be forgotten as the 'now twenty-seven is a "lightweight" and therefore an advantage on the harsh slopes of Kontiolahti. In short, all the circumstances have allowed to be the most Lesser & ugrave; strong day. Behind him the medal 'silver & egrave; was won by Anton Shipulin author of a silent comeback. The Russian, who started with bib number 18, has gradually caught up and made a difference in shots on foot, taking advantage of the best of the many mistakes of others. In the final twenty-seven of Tyumen has gained fluency in the place of 'honor detaching Tarjei B & oslash ;, which is & egrave; put another neck bronze. Norway continues to do so much work on the skis, but the precision shooting allowed him to get on the podium for the second time in twenty-four hours. If & egrave; in moments of difficulty & agrave; that evaluates the caliber of real un''atleta, then twenty-seven Scandinavian has once again proven to belong to '' & eacute; lite absolute biathlon, with all due respect to those who consider it a meteor that four years ago lived a winter lucky (forgetting for & ograve; mysteriously the 'gold champion of mass start of 2013). About Norway, should be highlighted the performance of Ole Einar Bj & oslash; rndalen that at the tender et & agrave; 41 years has touched the 'yet another medal and finished fifth. The veteran, who started for the nineteenth, has paid dearly for a mistake just sull''ultimo target. Instead disastrous performance of Johannes Thingnes B & oslash ;, finished 8 times nell''anello of penalty payment agrave; and only thirty-first. The principal of the day are disappointed Simon Fourcade and Vladimir Iliev, arrived in second and third place at the shooting range for the final where they & ograve; wrong closing respectively tenth and sixth after remaining perpetually in the lead. Not even smiles Martin Fourcade, who finished seventh, losing ground in the race, however, the crystal ball. Net scrap the overall standings of the World Cup in fact sees the Catalan head with 827 points followed by Shipulin to 761. The fight for success & egrave; now restricted to these two athletes Since & eacute; Schempp & egrave; third 699, fourth 676 Fak and Johannes B & oslash; fifth at 622. Least Fourcade mortgage Cup specialty & agrave; dell''inseguimento where, in one race remaining, has 35 points of margin on Shipulin and 41 of Fak. Returning to today's race, in Italy the house 'only positive performance & egrave; that of Christian De Lorenzi (0 + 1 + 1 + 1), the twenty-first piazzatosi. Lukas Hofer (1 + 2 + 2 + 1) and Dominik Windisch (0 + 3 + 1 + 2) both have rather lost positions and were ranked thirtieth and thirty-fifth. WORLD Kontiolahti - TRACKING MASCHILE1. LESSER Erik [GER] (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) 30''47 "9 2. Anton Shipulin [RUS] (0 + 1 + 0 + 0) to 17" 03. B & Ã˜ Tarjei [NOR] (0 + 0 + 1 + 0) 18 "74. SLESINGR Michal [CZE] (1 + 0 + 0 + 0) to 43" 95. BJ & Ã˜ RNDALEN Ole Einar [NOR] (0 + 0 + 1 + 1) to 43 "96. ILIEV Vladimir [BUL] (0 + 0 + 1 + 1) 45" 97. FOURCADE Martin [FRA] (0 + 1 + 1 + 1) in 1''02 "08. FAK Jakov [SLO] (1 + 2 + 0 + 0) to 1''04" 59. MORAVEC Ondrej [CZE] (0 + 1 + 1 + 0) to 1''06 "710. FOURCADE Simon [FRA] (0 + 0 + 1 + 2) to 1''08" 6Click here for full results. As for the program of the World Cup, in the afternoon & egrave; provided the 'women's pursuit. But men will have three days off and be back on track Thursday on Igrave; March 12, starting at 17:15, with the 'individual.

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