Kuzmina sprints to gold – Wierer falls

Dorothea Wierer and Lisa Vittozzi went into the first individual race of these title fights as hot medal contenders, but in the end the two “Azzurre” were never really able to intervene in the awarding of precious metals.

Wierer misses twice The Italian team's best starter was Wierer, who finished in tenth place. The 28-year-old from Niederrasen suffered two mistakes in the first shooting. She was one of the best on the cross-country ski trail and ran a top time for a long time, despite the two penalty loops. On her final lap, Wierer even had her sights set on a podium finish before a crash on the last descent definitely put a stop to her plans. She lost valuable seconds and places again. However, the South Tyrolean was able to console herself with a good starting position for the pursuit race on Sunday (+33,2 seconds) and first place in the overall World Cup.

Che quick for Dorothea Wierer: cade nel finale e chiude lontana dal podio della sprint ❌😭 #2019Easter Sound #EurosportBIATHLON pic.twitter.com/wxK6QB6ffn

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Wierer benefited from a terrible day for her teammate and worst opponent Lisa Vittozzi. She had to go into the penalty loop three times and finally made her way to the finish in 21st place. As a result, the whiz kid from Friuli was unable to defend her seven-point lead in the overall ranking.

The second South Tyrolean who took part in the sprint, Federica Sanfilippo from Ridnaun Valley, finished in 33rd place after two shooting errors. In doing so, she secured a starting place for the pursuit. Kuzmina world champion for the first time At the front of the field was Anastasiya Kuzmina, who has already won three Olympic gold medals but has never been able to take first place at the World Championships to date. Now the 34-year-old Slovakian has broken the spell - and in an impressive way. Although she had to go into the penalty loop once, in the end she was almost ten seconds faster than the faultless Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold.

The Norwegian grabbed the silver medal ahead of the recovered Olympic sprint champion Laura Dahlmeier from Germany. Anastasyia Kuzmina immediately after arriving at the finish line. © APA/afp / ANDERS WIKLUND

The World Cup program continues on Saturday (16.15:XNUMX p.m.) with the men's sprint. The two South Tyrolean mixed relay medalists Dominik Windisch and Lukas Hofer are also at the start. Result of the women's World Cup sprint: Pos Name Country Time Penalty laps 1. Anastasiya Kuzmina SVK 22: 17,5 Min. 1 2. Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold NOR +9,7 sec. 0 3. Laura Dahlmeier GER +12,6 0 4. Hanna Öberg SWE +13,2 1 5. Mona Brorsson SWE +21,7 1 6. Franziska Herrmann GER +23,9 2 ... 10. Dorothea Wierer ITA/turf +33,2 2 21. Lisa Vittozzi ITA +1.01,4 mins 3 34. Federico Sanfilippo ITA/Ridnaun +1.36,6 2 52. Nicole Gontier ITA +2.11,8 5

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Kuzmina sprints to gold – Wierer falls

After taking bronze in the mixed relay, the local biathletes did not make it into the top field on the second day of the World Championships in Östersund (Sweden). But Dorothea Wierer can console herself with regaining the overall World Cup lead.

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