Magnificent Vittozzi: There is Italy's first World Cup medal

Was in the sprint on Friday Lisa Vittozzi still with stalked out of the biathlon temple in Nove Mesto with a scowl on his face. A seventh place did not correspond to the expectations of the ski hunter from Sappada/Plodn, who is in third place in the overall World Cup and has medal aspirations in every competition. Two days after this disappointment, Vittozzi got her smile back: the 3-year-old came second in the pursuit and thus grabbed Italy's longed-for first medal in these title fights.

Vittozzi completed an almost perfect race. In the cauldron of Nove Mesto, the Azzurra started their race to catch up from the first second. With an almost flawless performance at the shooting range (only one out of 20 shots missed), Vittozzi gained position after position and was in second place before the final shooting.

Vittozzi, Simon and Braisaz-Bouchet (from left) are chasing Tandrevold in the overall World Cup. © APA/afp / JOE KLAMAR

Although the ski hunter made her only mistake there, she gave it her all on the last lap and was able to hold off the attack of the currently strongest world-class biathlete - Justine Braisaz Bouchet – successfully repel. For the Frenchwoman, who became a mother almost exactly a year ago, “only” the bronze medal remained.

Julia Simon runs away from everyone Another French woman, however, was unbeatable: Julia Simon. As in the sprint on Friday, the 27-year-old ran in a league of her own and won her third gold medal at this World Championships with a respectable lead of 46 seconds. Simon was already unbeatable in the mixed relay and sprint.

Dorothea Wierer (left) congratulates Lisa Vittozzi on winning silver. © Pierre TEYSSOT / Pierre TEYSSOT

Back to Italy: While Vittozzi redeemed the Azzurri at this World Championship with her third individual medal (she had already won silver and bronze in 2019 and 2023), experienced Dorothea Wierer a difficult afternoon.

“Doro” makes mistakes too often The woman from Niederrasner followed suit their best performance of the season on Friday Started the race from position 10, but not much came together on the shooting range. Wierer made two mistakes at the second stop, then made two more mistakes, which resulted in the four-time world champion being relegated to 21st place. On the skis, however, “Doro” offered an appealing performance. Samuela Comola meanwhile landed in 23rd place, Michela Carrara appears in the final ranking at number 33.

The men's pursuit is on the program on Sunday evening from 17.05:17.10 p.m. Meanwhile, the women's individual competition continues on Tuesday. It starts at XNUMX:XNUMX p.m.

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Magnificent Vittozzi: There is Italy's first World Cup medal

The Biathlon World Championships in Nove Mesto had not gone as planned for the Azzurri. But now the knot has burst.

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