Norway's men's relay team also wins - “Azzurri” beaten off

Like the women, like the men: after the Norwegian women's relay team had already won World Cup gold (see own report), the men followed up late on Saturday afternoon. Norway, with Lars Helge Birkeland, Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen, Tarjei Bö and Johannes Thingnes Bö, came out well ahead of Germany (+38,1) and Russia (+1.04,1).

And as with the women, there was nothing to gain for the “Azzurri” among the men. Although Lukas Hofer and Co. were at the front for a long time, a total of 15 mistakes were too many. Hofer, Giuseppe Montello, Thomas Bormolini and Dominik Windisch had to make do with 15th place. Final runner Windisch alone made seven mistakes.

The “Azzurri” (Giuseppe Montello in the picture) had to settle for 15th place. © APA/afp / JESSICA GOW

Hofer is convincing Montaler Lukas Hofer was there as the starting runner right from the start. He finished the prone shooting without any mistakes. Hofer also knew how to impress on the cross-country ski trail and was in the lead after 4,6 kilometers. However, two spare rounds during standing shooting cost valuable seconds and a few places. Hofer was able to fight his way forward again on the cross-country ski trail and finished in second place, just 0,9 seconds behind Russia.

Giuseppe Montello shot clean while lying down and stayed at the front. However, the “Azzurro” made three mistakes in the standing stage and narrowly avoided a penalty. However, Montello fell far behind and finally handed over to Thomas Bormolini in twelfth position. He got through the standing shooting without any mistakes, but like Montello, made three mistakes while lying down at the shooting range and handed over to Dominik Windisch in tenth place. Windisch with a miss festival Windisch appeared nervous at the shooting range and made five mistakes while lying down. Despite three spare rounds, two targets remained standing, meaning the 29-year-old from Oberrasen had to run two penalty laps. All hopes of a good placement were gone. During the final standing shooting, Windisch had to reload two more times. So the “Azzurri” couldn't do better than 15th place, 3.32.2:XNUMX minutes behind the victorious Norwegians. World Championships in Östersund: men's relay, 4 x 7 km Pos Country Time/penalty laps + spares 1. Norway 1:12.03,7 hours/0+6 2. Germany +38,1 seconds/0+8 3. Russia +1.04,1:0 minutes/7+XNUMX 4. Czechia +1.20,7/0+6 5. Slovenia +1.22,4/0+5 6. France +1.37,2/3+11 7. Sweden +1.37,4/0+11 8. Austria +2.00,1/0+9 9. Bulgaria +2.03,9/0+9 10. Belarus +2.04,0/0+9 15. Italy +3.32,2/2+13

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Norway's men's relay team also wins - “Azzurri” beaten off

After the women, Norway's men also won the World Cup relay competition in Östersund, Sweden. The “Azzurri” didn’t get past 15th place. The nerves failed at the shooting range, Dominik Windisch alone missed seven shots.

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