The Azzurri are sniffing out a top spot

The Azzurri with the quartet Thomas Bormolini, Tommaso Giacomel and the two South Tyroleans Lukas Hofer and Dominik Windisch finished the competition in 8th position. For a long time, the local biathletes were even in the top 5. The very young Giacomel and Luki Hofer were mainly responsible for this. Giacomel took over from Bormolini in position 10 and promptly showed that he is one of the great talents in Italy's team. He only needed a single spare in his two shooting sessions and sent Hofer into the race in fourth place. He also did very well with 4 spares and was in 2th place when he changed. Dominik Windisch started the race as the final runner, using the “all or nothing” tactic. In the end, he missed too often, which is why he used up all his spares and even had to go into the penalty loop twice. Despite everything, the Azzurri can build on this 5th place. Norway victory without discussion Unsurprisingly, the victory went to Norway. The quartet, consisting of Sivert Guttorm Bakken, Johannes Thingnes and Tarjei Bø as well as Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen, set the tone from the start and brought the triumph safely to the finish line. France follows 11 seconds behind, while Russia - which was in contention for victory for a long time - came in third, 45 seconds behind. The ladies were already in action in the afternoon in the pursuit, where a Norwegian also triumphed ( SportNews berichtete ). On Sunday there are two more competitions in Östersund: from 2 p.m. the women will compete in the relay, from 12.35 p.m. the men will be in action in the pursuit. final score Pos Country Namur Time Penalties + spares 1. Norway Bakken, Bø, Bø, Christiansen 1: 14.09,3 h 0 + 4 2. France Claude, Jacquelin, Desthieux, Fillon Maillet +11,2 sec 0 + 8 3. Russia Khalili, Serokhovstov, Loginov, Latypov +45,9 1 + 9 4. Germany Lesser, Rees, Doll, Nawrath +1.07,8 min 0 + 6 5. Ukraine Pryma, Pidruchnyi, Tsymbal, Dudchenko +1.28,5 1 + 6 8. Italy Bormolini, Giacomel, Hofer, Windisch +2.31,0 2 + 13

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The Azzurri are sniffing out a top spot

The first men's relay of the season took place in Östersund on Saturday afternoon. While Norway snatched victory, Italy showed good approaches.

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