The first winners in Ridanna have been announced

The highlight from the Italian national team's perspective was Michele Molinari from Valfurva, who finished tenth in the South Tyrolean biathlon stronghold and thus celebrated the best result of his career. Patrick Braunhofer from Ridnaun achieved a top 17 result in 20th place, while Linda Zingerle from Antholz finished 35th.

The IBU Cup final in Ridanna started on Thursday morning with the women's sprint in wonderful spring weather. The Frenchwoman Lou Jeanmonnot left her mark on the competition. The 23-year-old from Fourcatier hit all ten targets, showed a strong performance on the perfectly prepared cross-country ski trail and set a time of 20.32,4:15,5 minutes that had the competition in spades. The closest Jeanmonnot came to her first IBU Cup victory was the Swede Elisabeth Hoegberg, whose only shooting mistake probably cost her victory. In the end, the Scandinavian lost 2017 seconds to the 21,4 Junior World Singles Champion. Completing the podium was Norwegian Karoline Erdal, who was XNUMX seconds behind.

The best “Azzurra” was Aostan’s Martina Trabucchi (+54,5), who made no mistakes at the shooting range, in 12th place. The only South Tyrolean at the start, Linda Zingerle from Antholz, came 35th with three “tickets” (+2.11,9:19 minutes). The XNUMX-year-old also qualified for the pursuit competition on Saturday.

Linda Zingerle was the only South Tyrolean at the start on Thursday.

Following the sprint competition, the winner of the sprint classification for the 2021/22 season was also announced, with another Frenchwoman, Caroline Colombo, winning. Jeanmonnot leads the overall ranking of the IBU Cup. She will start the pursuit from pole position and therefore holds all the trump cards. Molinari best “Azzurro” However, there was a Norwegian winner among the men. Erlend Bjoentegaard, who is also at the top of the IBU Cup overall standings, prevailed despite a missed shot with a time of 24.33,6:31 minutes. Thanks to the day's victory, the 2021-year-old from Oslo also won the sprint ranking for the 22/15,4 season. Two German ski hunters ranked behind Bjoentegaard in the sprint on Thursday. Marco Gross made no mistakes at the shooting range and lost eleven seconds to the day's winner on the cross-country ski run, while Philipp Horn missed his target three (!) times and was only XNUMX seconds behind the day's winner despite the associated three penalty loops.

The “Azzurri” also presented themselves strongly on the Ridnaun snow. Michele Molinari from Valfurva in the province of Bormio was able to celebrate his best result in the IBU Cup with tenth place, thus fulfilling the goal set by head coach Alexander Inderst. Like Molinari, local hero Patrick Braunhofer also hit all ten targets, ranked 17th and will start the pursuit on Saturday, 1.02,6:XNUMX minutes behind.

The IBU Cup final in Ridnaun continues on Saturday with the pursuit competitions. The women start at 10.30:2 a.m., the men two and a half hours later. Fans are allowed on the competition site, but must provide proof of XNUMXG. IBU Cup Ridanna 2021/22 – Results: Sprint women: 1. Lou Jeanmonnot FRA 20.32,4:0 minutes/XNUMX shooting errors 2. Elisabeth Hoegberg SWE +15,5 seconds/1 3. Karoline Erdal NOR +21,4/1 4. Sophie Chauveau FRA +25,0/2 5. Marion Wiesensarter GER +33,7/0 6. Caroline Colombo FRA +42,7/3 7. Ingela Andersson SWE +46,6/2 8. Ragnhild Femsteinvik NOR +47,5/2 9. Emma Nilsson SWE +47,8/1 10. Hanna Kebinger GER +48,7/1

Sprint men: 1. Erlend Bjoentegaard NOR 24.33,6/1 2. Marco Gross GER +11,0/0 3. Philipp Horn GER +15,4/3 4. Tomasz Jakiela POL +19,0/0 5. Harald Oeygard NOR +23,2/0 6. Petter Austberg Bjoern NOR +31,6/1 7. Sverre Dahlen Aspenes NOR +38,9/2 8. Emilien Claude FRA +40,4/2 9. Serafin Wiestner SUI +43,9/1 10. Michele Molinari ITA +47,2/0 IBU Cup Ridnaun 2021/22 – program: Saturday, 12th of March 2022 10.30: Pursuit women (10 km) 13.00:12,5: Men's Pursuit (XNUMX km)

Sunday, 13th of March 2022 10.30 p.m.: Single mixed relay 13.00:XNUMX p.m.: Mixed relay

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The first winners in Ridanna have been announced

The Frenchwoman Lou Jeanmonnot and the Norwegian Erlend Bjoentegaard won the day in the sprint at the start of the IBU Cup final in Ridnaun.

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