Lukas Hofer and the Windisch brothers win the relay in Oberhof

Shortly after 19.45:17 p.m., Lukas Hofer, Markus Windisch, Dominik Windisch and Cristian De Lorenzi wrote Italian biathlon history on Thursday evening. For the first time in 1994 years there was a victory for the “Azzurri”. In 1 the quartet performed in Hampton, Canada. Today the victory came as a surprise. That's probably why Lukas Hofer shook his head in disbelief when he crossed the finish line first after 30.49,1:XNUMX hours.

Cristian De Lorenzi laid the foundation for later success with an impeccable performance. He handed over in fourth place to Markus Windisch, who brought the Azzurri up to third place. Afterwards, his younger brother Dominik caught up with Germany and also came very close to Russia, because Evgeny Ustyugov showed nerves on the shooting range and had to go twice after the standing stage Penalty loop.

Windisch handed over to Lukas Hofer, 43,6 seconds behind. And the Montaler smelled the fuse, ignited the turbo and overtook Alexey Volkov in the last shooting.

After 1:30.49,1 hours the sensation was perfect. Hofer was the first to cross the finish line. Volkov crossed the finish line 6,1 seconds later, the Swedes came third, losing 32,7 seconds to Italy.

Strong performance at the shooting range decides the race for the “Azzurri”

"A huge compliment to my boys, who truly deserved this victory. They have proven that they are a team, a unit. The victory is for everyone who works for our sport and makes it possible for us to achieve such results "This success is infinitely good for the biathlon movement in Italy," said coach Fabrizio Curtaz immediately after Lukas Hofer's arrival at the finish line.

The four “Azzurri” clearly won on the shooting range. In difficult conditions, it was snowing heavily and a strong wind whipped across the biathlon stadium in Oberhof, the four biathletes stayed cool and only made five missed shots without having to go into the penalty loop.

At the finish, the quartet threw their arms around each other and frantically celebrated their first victory in 17 years. The last time an Italian relay team reached the podium was in January 2011. The “Azzurri” came second in the home race in Antholz. In any case, the victory is a good omen for this year's races, which will take place in Antholz in two weeks - and the best advertising. After this triumph, South Tyrol's biathlon fans can mark Sunday, January 22nd, in their calendars.

Results Biathlon World Cup Oberhof (January 5, 2012) 4x7.5 km relay, men

1. Italy 1:30:49.1 (0+5 misses) (Christian De Lorenzi, Markus Windisch, Dominik Windisch, Lukas Hofer) 2. Russia +76,1 (2+13) (Anton Shipulin, Evgeniy Garanichev, Evgeny Ustyugov, Alexey Volkov) 3. Sweden +32,7 (0+6) (Tobias Arwidson, Björn Ferry, Fredrik Lindström, Carl Johan Bergman) 4. Germany +1.03,1 (1+14) (Simon Schempp, Andreas Birnbacher, Florian Graf, Arnd Peiffer) 5. Norway +2.38,0 (3+13) (Rune Brattsveen, Martin Eng, Henrik L'abee-Lund, Emil Hegle Svendsen) 6. Austria 2.39,4 (2+15) (Simon Eder, Daniel Mesotitsch, Dominik Landertinger, Christoph Sumann) 7. France +3.08,5 (3+16) (Vincent Jay, Simon Fourcade, Alexis Boeuf, Martin Fourcade) 8. Slovenia +3.18,7 (1+9) (Simon Kocevar, Jakov Fak, Janez Maric, Klemen Bauer) 9. Czech Republic +3.39,2 (3+14) (Zdenek Vitek, Jaroslav Soukup, Ondrej Moravec, Michal Slesingr) 10. Ukraine +3.45,7 (4+15) (Olexander Bilanenko, Andriy Deryzemlya, Artem Pryma, Serhiy Semenov)

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