(France) - lag 16.1 (0)
3. (Russia) - 16,4 (0)
4. (Norway) - 31,2 (1)
5. (Germany) - 32,5 (1)
6. (Norway) - 32,9 (0)...
22. (Russia) - 1.08.2 (1)...
27. (Russia) - 1.15.3 (2)...
43. (Russia) - 1.42.2 (1)...
70. (Russia) - 2.16.4 (3)...
76. (Russia) - 2.24.2 (4)
The men's sprint at the Biathlon World Cup stage in Pokljuka ended in victory. The Russian took third place.
Fast and accurate
The hope that this race could be successful for the Russians appeared after a successful start by Evgeny Garanichev. He started fourth and went very well until a single miss on the rack. But one uncovered target cost him dearly in conditions where many shot accurately.
Entering the distance later, under the 45th number, Loginov walked with Garanichev on the same foot, but he shot accurately, and on both lines. On the stand, he also worked very quickly - in 21 seconds, faster than all rivals. The Russian left the shooting range second - 20 seconds behind the incredibly fast Johannes Beh in this sprint and with a tiny - two and three tenths - advantage over the Frenchman Antoine Guigonnat and the individual bronze medalist Austrian Simon Eder.
The new ward of Rico Gross, who led the Austrian national team in the summer, fell behind during the finishing lap, and with the Frenchman Loginov hacked off in absentia, and seriously. Due to Guigonne's lag at the control cut-offs, it seemed that he was blown away - 700 meters before the finish line, the Russian who walked behind and received all the necessary information won the opponent by 5 seconds, but in the end, Alexander lost three-tenths at the finish line. It's a shame. But the fact that the Russians still got on the podium at the very first stage of the World Cup is comforting.
Apparently, I was more tired. I tried to work and give my best. But, judging by the fact that he lost four tenths, it means that something was wrong, - Loginov said immediately after the finish in a flash interview
Nine misses for three
Best in Russian team in the individual race held the day before - Dmitry Malyshko and Matvey Eliseev - did not cope with the first shooting. Eliseev missed twice in prone, and Malyshko missed three times. It is clear that after that the race did not work out for both. Although on the stand both Matvey and Dmitry worked accurately and even shared third place in the team in terms of speed with each other. Both attributed the failure at shooting to an uncomfortable approach.
I think it's because the sprint and jerky approach. I wanted to go faster, but I had to go at my own pace. With all the misses, the dimensions did not close. Now there is no wind, and it's a shame that this happened. But we will fight on,” Malyshko promised.
Later Malyshko's "feat" was repeated by his countryman Alexei Slepov, who started one of the last. He also missed prone three times. Later, he added to this also a mistake on the counter. As a result, neither Malyshko nor Slepov got into the pursuit.
Loser Fourcade
The sprint of the seven-time winner of the Big crystal globe Martin Fourcade. After the individual race, where he did not guess with the starting group, he made his way along the broken track, but got the victory thanks to exceptionally clean shooting, obviously, he had run out of strength.
The Frenchman failed to shoot without mistakes in the sprint - he missed once on the prone. But this is half the trouble. Fourcade's move was unconvincing. In terms of speed on the track, he settled only at the end of the fourth ten, losing to Johannes Be 1 minute 11 seconds. Martin finished only 24th.
Be same, who took seventh place in the individual, was simply unstoppable. Even with one miss, he brought the closest pursuers 16 seconds each. In a clean move, the Norwegian was ahead of everyone by almost 20. After this sprint, he will intercept the yellow jersey of the World Cup leader from Fourcade. The rivalry has begun.
At the next stage of the World Cup in Hochfilzen on 14.12 new race this time it was the men's sprint, where our guys showed poor results. In this article you can see the video of the race, get acquainted with medal count and events on the track that day.
This sprint was preceded by both good and bad news. So, for example, in the women's sprint, for the first time in two years, our women took a medal, and Yurlova did it. In addition, it is worth noting the “raid” of the Austrian police on the base of the Russians and the filing of charges of doping more than a year ago right there at the World Cup. One of these days there will be a decision, but they say that this does not threaten disqualification for biathletes. In any case, this is unpleasant and did not have a very good effect on the psychology of athletes.
Unfortunately, our athletes did not win medals, and Loginov had the best result, he made mistakes in shooting, but was good on the move. Yes, and the rest of the guys shot well, but as usual they showed a weak move. Ours started under such numbers.
- Evgeny Garanichev 3rd
- Alexander Loginov 34th
- Dmitry Malyshko 37th
- Matvey Eliseev 64th
- Alexey Slepov 76th
- Eduard Latypov 89th.
The leaders of the race, who eventually fought for medals, started the 21st Be and the 44th Frenchman Fourcade.
As a result, our athletes took the following places:
- Alexander Loginov - 8th (1+0)
- Matvey Eliseev - 19th (2+0)
- Evgeniy Garanichev - 52nd (2+0)
- Alexey Slepov - 57th (1+0)
- Dmitry Malyshko - 58th (2+1)
- Eduard Latypov - 79th (2+1).
It is worth mentioning how the struggle between the leaders took place. Before the Frenchman, the Norwegian entered the track and immediately began to show excellent footwork, and he shot excellently. It was clear that he was not very fresh and after the finish he lay for a long time, came to his senses. Later it was started by a Frenchman.
As you know, a lot of bad things have happened to Marten lately, including illness and not feeling better. At one of the last races he showed worst result over the last couple of years. But still, many hoped that he would give battle to the Norwegian, but after the first mark it became clear that he was inferior in speed to his opponent, who was the fastest today.
As a result, despite good shooting and speed, he still lost to the Norwegian, although it was less than a second, and the German Doll became the third. The top three looked like this:
- Johannes Boe
- Martin Fourcade
- Benedict Doll
At the same time, the investigation into the accusations continues. Russian biathlons in taking doping on the territory of Austria more than a year ago at the World Cup.
Austrian law enforcement agencies have charged coach Alexander Kasperovich, biathletes Evgeny Garanichev, Alexander Loginov, Anton Shipulin, Alexei Volkov and Irina Starykh, as well as doctors and masseurs of the national team Artyom Kryntsilov, Alexander Selyavkin, for violating anti-doping rules during the 2017 World Championships in Hochfilzen in 2017. Evgeny Shutov and Dmitry Topychkanov.
The head of the RRF, Vladimir Drachev, has already arrived in Austria, and the head of the IBU, who was treated after a broken leg, should also appear soon. Everyone is interested in what steps the IBU will take. Anything can be expected. No one Russian athlete I have not yet been to the Austrian police station, as I need a good lawyer and translator.
Former coach of the Russian national team Ricco Gross, in personal conversations, is perplexed by the whole situation, says that the accusations against Russian biathletes- complete nonsense. It was Gross who worked closely with Loginov and Garanichev at the 2017 World Championships. But only Alexander Kasperovich is on the list. On camera, he cannot say this, since now he leads the Austrian national team, ”the Match TV website quotes Guberniev.
ONLINE OF THE DAY
19:10. German journalists so surrounded the winner of the race - Benedict Doll that you can't even see it. I would like to believe that in the next races one of the Russian biathletes will be so wrapped around. With this hope, we conclude today's live, but we do not say goodbye for a long time. Very soon in the "Championship" group "Vkontakte" in our daily program will sum up the results of the day. Do not miss! And tomorrow we are waiting for two races at once: men's and women's pursuit. Let's cheer for us together!
19:05. The winners of the sprint shared their emotions. Johannes Boe: “I left the stadium as a leader, but lost a split second. The chances were 50/50, but I was not lucky. I'm disappointed, although I had a good race and fought on the last lap. Now I want to go back to the hotel, eat and recover. Many athletes will run after me tomorrow, and it will not be easy to climb the podium again.
Martin Fourcade: When I crossed the finish line, I counted on getting into the top ten, then I thought that I could be in the top five, but it turned out to win a bronze medal. Two misses is too many to fight for the victory, so I'm glad I won the medal. I thought there would be no medal at all, so I am satisfied with today's bronze.”
19:00. Doll, of course, was delighted at the press conference: “An amazing moment has come for me today. It was a very exciting race. Before the start I saw that Marten was shooting 1+1 and I have a chance. It was incredible to win the first race and go straight to the World Championship. The whole season I had problems with shooting, but at zeroing, especially in standing shooting, I felt confident and realized that I had to try to win. On the "rack" when I got the last shot, I realized that I could become a world champion. It was one of best moments in my career."
18:20. Showed the best speed on the course today Martin Fourcade, Further - Eberhard, Doll And Be Jr.. Shipulin- tenth (+30.0), Garanichev- 14th (+40.4).
18:10. The positions of the Russians, given the upcoming pursuit, are not impressive. Garanichev- 10th (+45.1), Shipulin- 21st (+1.14.7), Babikov- 49th (+1.49.0). Tsvetkov was only 69th.
18:00. Next came the enchanting denouement of the race: Johannes Boe only 0.7 seconds behind doll! The German became the world champion for the first time in his career. The Norwegian has silver, Fourcade- bronze.
17:55. And here is the long-awaited news! Shipulin and Fourcade greeted and hugged in the mixed zone. The long-awaited reconciliation still happened!
Photo: Andrey Anosov, RRF press service
16:38. Before the start of the race, the judges held meetings in the under-tribune room.
16:32. Rifle case Evgeniya Garanicheva it is easy to distinguish from the standard equipment of other biathletes by the tricolor and signed surname.
15:47. Maxim Tsvetkov Needed more ammo for practice. Maxim this season, unlike Babikov, did not win, but in the same Östersund he was tenth in the sprint and second in the pursuit.
15:40. So Gross And Babikov We talked at yesterday's workout. Anton's best sprint-pursuit combination this season was in Östersund. In the first race he showed the seventh result, and in the second he won.
15:34. By the way, an interesting fact about Loginov, who will miss the first two individual races. Despite the negative information background, in the latest issue of the official IBU Biathlonworld magazine they published an article about Alexander's triumph at the European Championship. And there is not a single mention in the article that Alexander served a disqualification for EPO. . So he shot at yesterday's training. I would like to believe that in the race he will not have any problems on the firing lines.
15:07. Today we are waiting for the men's sprint. And representatives of the strong half of biathlon humanity were preparing for the race yesterday morning.
15:00. To watch the women's workout this morning, it was not necessary to leave the house. The special correspondent of the "Championship" organized a broadcast directly from the scene. You can see how the girls were preparing for the pursuit.
14:50. Anastasia Kuzmina, yesterday in a conflict with Fourcade, today in training she moved in a classic move.
14:40. The main stand of the stadium in Hochfilzen was empty during the first half of the day. There were no people who wanted to see the training of the girls. It is understandable: many preferred to read the column “Two from ProstoRashino” in the warmth. It was much more interesting than an ordinary lesson.
14:30. Hello dear biathlon fans. The biathlon world championship in Hochfilzen continues, the men's sprint is next. Today, the first personal medals for men will be played, the main hands of biathlon will be shaken, and in general there will be a lot of interesting things to see. "Championship", of course, monitors everything that happens in the biathlon stadium and beyond, so stay tuned and don't miss anything important!