Lisa Vittozzi still has big plans for the season finale. © Pierre Teyssot

Lisa Vittozzi grabs the ball

Ten biathletes from Italy have set off for North America. Also present: Lisa Vittozzi. She wants to be crowned overall World Cup winner for the first time overseas.

March 07, 2024

From: fop

Two World Cup stops and two race weekends still await the biathletes this season. They will decide who wins the overall World Cup.

For men, this is a purely Norwegian affair, as there are no less than six “Vikings” at the top of the ranking. The brothers Johannes Thingnes Bø (878 points) and Tarjei Bø (819 points) are dueling for the big ball.

Among the women, Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, a Norwegian, is also at the top. With 859 points, she leads relatively confidently ahead of Lisa Vittozzi. However, the extremely strong Friulian, who recently finished in the top ten seven times in a row and won three individual World Cup medals in Nove Mesto, wants to attack again. She has 766 points, closely followed by the French Julia Simon (762) and Justine Braisaz-Bouchet (755). In any case, no one can take away Vittozzi's win of the small crystal ball in the individual race World Cup.

4 South Tyroleans on board

In addition to Vittozzi, Italy's women's squad includes the two South Tyroleans Hannah Auchentaller and Rebecca Passler as well as Beatrice Trabucchi, Samuela Comola and Michela Carrara. Dorothea Wierer, second in the overall World Cup last year, has already ended her season. For the men, however, Tommaso Giacomel, Didier Bionaz, Elia Zeni, Lukas Hofer from Montal and Patrick Braunhofer from Ridnaun are at the start.

The fight for World Cup points will take place in Soldier Hollow from Friday to Sunday.

The overseas program starts on Friday in Soldier Hollow in the US state of Utah. There will be a men's relay (20.25:23 p.m. CET) and a women's sprint (14 p.m. CET). After two more days of racing, the World Cup entourage moves to Canmore in Canada. The final decisions will be made there from March 17th to XNUMXth.

The remaining program in the World Cup:

Soldier Hollow (USA)
Men's relay (March 8, 20.25:XNUMX p.m.)
Sprint women (March 8, 23 p.m.)
Women's relay (March 9, 20.25:XNUMX p.m.)
Sprint men (March 9, 23 p.m.)
Persecution of Women (March 10, 17 p.m.)
Pursuit of Men (March 10, 18.50:XNUMX p.m.)

Canmore (CAN)
Sprint women (March 14, 17.40 p.m.)
Sprint men (March 15, 17.40:XNUMX p.m.)
Persecution of Women (March 16, 18.10 p.m.)
Pursuit of Men (March 16, 22.10:XNUMX p.m.)
Mass start women (March 17, 18.10:XNUMX p.m.)
Mass start men (March 17, 22.20:XNUMX p.m.)