The women's pursuit in Le Grand Bornand is won by an extraordinary woman Franziska Preuss (0+0+1+0), given not in very good shape due to some minor ailments. Second position for Julia Simon (0+2+0+0), good at not disuniting after a bad series on the floor, while third place and another podium for another German, Vanessa Voigt (0+0+0+0). Just off the podium was the surprise of the day, the young Frenchwoman Jeanne Richard. Incredible comeback by Elvira Oebergwhich finishes in sixth place starting with 32. Dorothea Wierer with a great show of pride he recovered eleven positions and finished in ninth place! All the Italians entered the points zone.
The German Franziska Preusssecond in yesterday's sprint, gets her second victory in this second season, as well as her fifth consecutive individual podium. Really important numbers, which project the German into the lead with a large margin in the general classification. Preuss sets up his usual regular match characterized by precision and speed at the range; to this we must add her great mental stability, which allows her to manage herself better on skis in a physical moment that is probably not optimal. After Braisaz's victory in the sprint, France has to settle for second place today Julia Simonless foul shooting today than on other occasions and with a great pace on skis. Third place for an infallible sniper like Vanessa Voigt who today completes her third 20 out of 20 of the season and confirms herself as the best shooter on the circuit.
The young promise finishes in fourth position, after dreaming of the podium until the last shooting range Jeanne Richardpreceding an excellent one Maren Kirkeeide who with his fifth place today allows Norway to return to breathing the biathlon that counts. Elvira Oebergdespite two errors, he even recovers twenty-six positions and ends today's pursuit in sixth place. Seventh place for the absolute surprise of the day, the Finn Venla Lehtonen which boasted as its best result the 13th place obtained just yesterday in the sprint; What a start to the season for Finland!
Great proof of pride for the Italian Dorothea Wierer who in his favorite race format managed to recover many positions during the race up to ninth position. The South Tyrolean champion finally finds “her” percentages back up, which she lacked on various occasions at the start of the season; a little curiosity concerns her shot: she opened her series from the left instead of the right to get out of her comfort zone and keep herself more focused.
The performance of the other Italians at the start was also positive: Hanna Auchentaller it nullifies a result that could have been excellent again with three errors distributed in the standing series. For her comes a 27th place finish, just ahead of Samuel Comol who instead had strange difficulties in the first series on the floor, making two errors (until today she had 100% on the floor). The youngest of the group also enters the points again (33rd), Martina Trabucchireally lucid especially in finding all the standing targets after shooting with 70% on the ground.
Tomorrow the French stage of Le Grand Bornand will end with the mass start. While waiting to carry out all the calculations before going too far, we can say that we will certainly find Wierer again, but there is also a possibility for Auchentaller and Comola.
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