ANTERSELVA (ITALPRESS) – Lisa Vittozzi is fifth in the sprint of Anterselva. The 31-year-old of Pieve di Cadore tries the assault on the medals with a super 10/10 at the range, 5/5 on the ground and 5/5 on the feet, but pays in the stretches on the skis and stops at 16′′′9 from the bronze of the French Lou Jeanmonnot. The transalpine, leader of the World Cup general classification, loses the gold at the shooting by wrong standing and cuts the finish line at 23′′′7 from the 22-year-old Maren Kirkeeide, which takes the highest step of the podium without errors to the polygon. Drinking only 3′′′8 the other French Oceane Michelon, silver with 10/10 shooting. Fourth Bulgarian Milena Todorova at 40′′′0.
“I gave everything but it was not enough. I’m satisfied because I couldn’t do more than that. We’ll see what didn’t go well today, but I can’t throw away a fifth place. Today perhaps it was not my day but I felt good, simply the others were stronger than me. I focused on myself and am confident for tomorrow”, the words of Vittozzi, who in the pursuit of tomorrow (at 14.45) will leave with a delay of 17 seconds from the medals
In the fight for the podium also Finnish, second in general classification, Suvi Minkkinen, sixth in the sprint to 49′′6 from the head. Day for Dorothea Wiererer. Brunico’s 35-year-old, not at most physically after the tires and in the individual, commits three shooting errors, two on the ground and one standing, and does not go beyond 44th position at 2’12′′′9. “I escaped the blow to the ground and it is something that rarely happens to me. I haven’t completely disposed of the last tests yet and I feel that I lack some strength. My goal tomorrow is to try to do as best as possible to the polygon and recover energy, despite I know I have no chance for the medals,” Wierer explains.
Two good tests, especially in brackets, for the other two blue Michela Carrara and Hannah Auchentaller, which are respectively 23rd (+1’33′5) and 43rd (+2’11′6). “The result is not bad. I was lucky to find myself in front of Kirkeeide on the last lap, but on the skis I went strong. I was hoping for something more than the 23rd place, but the gaps remain minimal”, Carrara’s commentary.
The biathlon returns to the protagonist tomorrow with the pursuits to the male (11.15) and to the female (14.45).
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