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After official squad for the Ruka Triple, the French federation of cross-country skiing has added in the last hours also Martin Fourcade.
Monday 23 November 2015 3 minutes reading time
The pi & ugrave; strong biathlete in the world take & agrave; cos & Igrave; part & Outdoors; opening season of cross-country skiing, while remaining faithful to the intention to devote more and more & ugrave; often in this sport. This decision also explains his participation in the Sprint classic technique of Beitost ø len last November 15: In order to take part in the 10 km free technique on Saturday, Fourcade must inevitably accomplish even the first stage of the mini-tour , just a Sprint in alternating set for Friday & Igrave ;.
Hard to imagine a Martin Fourcade competitive for the podium, even though we should not forget how in the past other biathletes have been able even to win the World Cup: it succeeded Ole Einar Bj ø rndalen G & auml; llivare 2006 and Ronny Hafs & aring; knows Beitost ø ; len 2009. In both cases it was a 15 km free technique, format in which Lars Berger, albeit aided by favorable weather conditions, you port & ograve; home even medal & rsquo; world gold in Sapporo in 2007.
For the 27 year-old Catalan will not be & agrave; This is a debut in a class race of cross-country skiing. On 24 November 2012 Classific & ograve; 48 & deg; in a 15 km free technique which took place in G & auml; llivare. Riuscir & agrave; to improve and, because & eacute; no, to mark first points of the World Cup in this sport?
In summary, here is the & rsquo; complete list of players called up for the French Ruka Triple.
Cl & eacute; ment Arnault Adrien Backscheider Robin Duvillard Paul Martin Fourcade Goalabre Baptiste Gros Maurice Manificat Cl & eacute; ment Parisse
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