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The Russian Eliseev will open the Men's Sprint at 10:30, while the women's test will start at 13:40, where a new duel between Dorothea Wierer and Denise Herrmann is expected.
Saturday 28 November 2020 4 minutes reading time
The blue has drawn the number 24 and will start two minutes after the opponent, who is by right the favorite for the victory. Dorothea will therefore have the opportunity to know the times of Herrmann and almost all the candidates for the podium.
All the major big players will start in the first group. To open the race will be the Czech Marketa Davidova who will precede Tirill Eckhoff (3), the surprising Johanna Skottheim (4), fresh from her first career podium in the World Cup, Julia Simon (8) and the Austrian Lisa Theresa Hauser, excellent in the Individual for three quarters of the race. With bib 14 it will be the turn of Mars Olsbu Roeiseland, while to see the Oeberg sisters on the track it will be necessary to wait several minutes. Elvira will compete with the number 31, Hanna will start with the 34 instead.
Lisa Vittozzi (9) was once again included in the first group, called for redemption after a debut definitely to be forgotten. First group also for Federica Sanfilippo (28) who will go hunting for the points area, close to the 15 km. Instead, Nicole Gontier and Irene Lardschneider will start respectively with bib 42 and 68.
Here is the complete Start List of the women's Sprint!
Instead, three Azzurri will be involved in the men's race: Didier Bionaz (41), Patrick Braunhofer (57) and Lukas Hofer, who after breaking the ice with a 20th place in the 20 km will try to raise the bar further. The blue drew bib 9 and will precede a string of very interesting athletes, including: Alexander Loginov (10), Arnd Peiffer (11), Johannes Boe (13) and Quentin Fillon Maillet (15). At the opening, after the Russian Eliseev, we will see the Swedish Samuelsson (3) and Tarjei Boe (4) on the track.
The French Emilien Jacquelin, fresh from an Individual between light and shadow, caught the 22nd and will hit the track just before the German Doll (25), always formidable on the two polygons. Instead, two of the three athletes who got on the podium in the Individual are included in the second group: Erik Lesser will have bib number 32 and will take to the track thirty seconds before Sturla Holm Laegreid.
Here is the complete Start List of the men's Sprint!
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