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Lisa Vittozzi, Karin Oberhofer, Dorothea Wierer Federica Sanfilippo and have written the history of Italian winter sports. Today in Hochfilzen, for the first time since the World Cup, the 'Italy is & egrave; set in a women's relay.
Sunday 13 December 2015 7 minutes reading time
The launch & egrave; It was relatively tentative with all nations pi & ugrave; listed to remain in the leading group with the exception of Norway (Mars Olsbu) and part of Germany (Franziska Hildebrand) who have had to use some recharging too. At this juncture Vittozzi, albeit far from the best condition, & egrave; He did well to maintain contact with the leaders thanks to a zero to the shooting.
The second fraction has led to a first selection. Czech Republic and Italy have taken over with Gabriela Soukalová and Karin Oberhofer, able to bounce back at the firing after the debacle of yesterday, gaining some ground on Poland, on France and especially on Germany, to a lingering problem suffered by Hammerschmidt with downloading a bullet in the standing shooting. Also at this stage of the competition Norway and Russia have come out of the fight for the podium finishing nell''anello of penalty payment agrave ;.
The third stage has to & ograve; radically reshuffled the cards. Vanessa Hinz you & egrave; the protagonist of a capital trial and led Germany in the lead with margin chased from France, Ukraine, Belarus and the surprising Italu. Federica Sanfilippo had to resort to some charging more & ugrave; than expected, but & egrave; He was able to save himself dall''anello of penalty payment agrave; and above all it has come back to un''ultima sostenutissimo pace. Unlike the policewoman Ridnauntal, Lucie Charvatova not been able get out of the trap of refills, wrong repeatedly. The Czech Republic & egrave; cos & Igrave; sunk.
In closing it & egrave; quickly understood how the fight for success would cover Franziska Preu & szlig; and Dorothea Wierer, which was higher than direct rivals. The 'blue has gradually recovered skiing tight 20 "delay inherited the change and the two, in equality & agrave; absolute shooting, found themselves together on the final lap.
Here probably the Bavarian wrong strategy, or perhaps did not have the strength to dare, using a tactic wait too convinced that it can solve the game in his favor ahead of the finish line. Instead, after attacking sull''ultima climb, not & egrave; He was able to detach Wierer that claimed its quality & agrave; sprint burning it to the photo finish.
As said earlier & egrave; the first victory for the 'Italy in a women's relay. In recent times they had arrived several podium finishes, but never the full success. This is hardly a surprising result, given the current excellence of the movement, and in particular the Italians are good at exploiting the 'auspicious occasion, it represented dall''assenza of prominent athletes such laura dahlmeier and Marie Dorin Habert in German quartet and the French.
The palm of MVP of the day goes to Dorothea Wierer. However we should not forget how the relays are won and lost in four, so all team members have done their homework very well, otherwise we would be talking of this success.
The podium & egrave; completed dall''Ucraina, able to be right in the end of un''ottima Poland, France and the Czech Republic a very disappointed. The surprising Belarus, even in the running for the podium nell''ultima fraction, concluded seventh ahead Norway and Russia for which you can & ograve; talk test negative.
In the afternoon & egrave; expected the men's relay. The women will be back on track Friday & Igrave; 18 December in Pokljuka with a sprint.
Hochfilzen - RELAY FEMMINILE1. ITA [Vittozzi, Oberhofer, Sanfilippo, Wierer] (0 + 8) 1''05 "32" 62. GER [Hildebrand, Hammerschmidt, Hinz, Preu & szlig;] (0 + 7) to 0 "23. UKR [Dzhyma, Abramova, Semerenko, Pidhrushna] (0 + 10) in 13" 14. POL [Gwizdon, Palka, Hojnisz, Nowakowska] (0 + 10) in 27 "55. FRA [Braisaz, Varcin, Bolliet, Bescond] (0 + 6) in 28" 86. CZE [Puskarcikova, Soukalova, Charvatova, Vitkova] (1 + 12) at 29 "8
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