Biathlon: new Norwegian hat-trick in IBU Cup
It is at Obertilliachin the southwest of Austria that theMOTHER Cup regained his rights for the third time this season biathlon. After two first stages contested in Scandinavia at Idre Fjäll (Sweden) and Cool (Norway), the anteroom of the world cup was therefore making its return to Central Europe.
Mid-morning, it was the male biathletes who launched the hostilities on the sprint. While he performs his return to this circuit after performances below expectations in the elite, Johannes Dale-Skjevdal was not missed.
Author of a perfect 10/10 against the targets, the Norwegian then worked on the skis to beat his compatriot Johan-Olav Botnat fault once but always too supersonic on skisby just six seconds on the line. To perpetuate the tradition of Norwegian hat-tricks in IBU Cup, Sivert Guttorm Bakken (10/10) took third place of the day ahead of the German Lucas Fratzscher (10/10).
Oscar Lombardot continues in the top 10, Mathieu Garcia achieves his first
In the tricolor clan, the best of the six French people entered this Thursday was Oscar Lombardot. Thanks to a nice ski timethe fourth in the event, the Doubiste, despite two mistakes against the targets, took a nice tenth place at the finish. Behind him, two of his compatriots join him in the top 15.
Present at this level of competition for the very first time in his career after convincing performances in the Coupe de France, Mathieu Garcia put in a solid performance. Excellent on carpets with a nice 10/10the Dauphinois hung on to the boards to finish thirteenth. Back in the IBU Cup, Rémi Broutier also made a successful start.
Yet the author of two mistakes behind the rifle, the Savoyard still fought well to finally secure fifteenth place final just 1 min 30 from the lead. In difficulty facing targets with a total of four faults, Gaëtan Paturel can nevertheless be satisfied with a solid performance on the boards with the third ski time of the day to climb in twenty-first place.
A few seconds later, we find Axel Garnier (8/10) in twenty-fifth position and Théo Guiraud-Poillot (8/10) in twenty-eighth place in the ranking.
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The general classification of the sprint
The general classification of the IBU Cup
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