There will be a lot of activity in the Südtirol Arena on Saturday

Duel Koukalova-Dahlmeier goes into the next round It starts at 13.30:23 p.m. with the spectacular women's mass start. Everything here points to a duel between Laura Dahlmeier and Gabriela Koukalova. The Czech has won the two mass start races so far this season and has always relegated the XNUMX-year-old biathlete from Germany to second place. However, Dahlmeier took the World Cup lead from her on Thursday with victory in the individual competition. The two long-term rivals are currently only separated by eleven points in the overall ranking.

However, the experienced Finn Kaisa Mäkäräinen, Marie Habert Dorin from France and Dorothea Wierer also have legitimate chances of winning on Saturday. The latter is under special observation at her home race. After a disappointing 31st place in the individual competition, she is determined to make it onto the podium - just as she did in the mass start race in Nove Mesto in December, when she took third place.

In addition to Wierer, another Italian, Alexia Runggaldier, is in action. With her sensational third place on Thursday, she qualified for the second and final women's individual race in Antholz.

Russia relay wants to repeat last year's victory

Less than two hours after the women's mass start race, at 15.15:XNUMX p.m., the men hit the cross-country ski trail. They are holding a relay competition for the third time this season. The victories have so far gone to Norway and France, while second and third places have always gone to Russia and Germany. These four nations are also considered hot contenders for the podium in the South Tyrol Arena, with the French and Russians having to provide their two stars, Martin Fourcade and Anton Shipulin, respectively. They are already focusing on the final mass start. Nevertheless, Russia's athletes will do everything they can to repeat last year's victory in South Tyrol.

Among the 25 teams that will tackle the relay is that of the host nation. Dominik Windisch, Giuseppe Montello, Rudy Zini and Thomas Bormolini are at the start for Italy.

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There will be a lot of activity in the Südtirol Arena on Saturday

After the two individual competitions, the Biathlon World Cup in Antholz enters the hot phase. On Saturday, the thousands of spectators will be treated to two absolute highlights: the women's mass start race and the men's relay.

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