Norway wins relay gold – “Azzurre” is on track for a long time

Despite a penalty, Norway's women's relay team secured the gold medal at the World Championships in Östersund, Sweden. In 1:22.00,1 hours, the Norwegians took victory ahead of Sweden (+24,3 seconds). Bronze went to Ukraine (+35,1), just ahead of Germany (+35,6).

Italy's women's relay team was also on course for a medal for a long time; after more than half of the race, the “Azzurre” (with Lisa Vittozzi, Nicole Gontier, Alexia Runggaldier and Federica Sanfilippo) were still in second place, virtually on a par with the leaders. However, the South Tyroleans had a hard time, especially on the cross-country ski run, and a penalty loop from Runggaldier ended up ruining all hopes of winning a medal, meaning that they were no longer able to do better than tenth place.

It wasn't until Saturday afternoon that there was some bad news for the azure relay team: Dorothea Wierer wasn't feeling well and had to miss the start at short notice (SportNews reported) .

Vittozzi hands over as leader First things first: Starting runner Lisa Vittozzi got through the prone shooting with a spare and once again showed a strong performance on the cross-country ski trail. The 23-year-old from Sappada/Plodn came third to the standing shooting, but had to reload three times. Nevertheless, she was able to hold her own at the top of the cross-country ski trail and even handed over the lead to Nicole Gontier. Lisa Vittozzi showed a strong performance. © AP / Jessica Gow

Gontier remained flawless at the shooting range on both occasions and was even able to extend the “Azzurre” lead to over 12 seconds. Only in the last meters of the handover did the 27-year-old from the Aosta Valley have to let the strong American Clare Egan pass her. Runggaldier shows nerves Alexia Runggaldier from Val Gardena, who had to step in for Dorothea Wierer at short notice, was able to maintain second place on the cross-country ski trail. When shooting prone, she showed strong nerves and hit all the targets. Before the second shooting, however, Runggaldier had to let some of her competitors pass her and came to the shooting range in fifth place. The 27-year-old showed nerves and missed four times. After the penalty loop, Runggaldier had to settle for sixth place; his medal dreams were as good as gone at this point. In sixth place, Runggaldier handed over to Federica Sanfilippo from Ridnaun; the gap to the Swede Anna Magnusson, who was in the lead at the time, was already over two minutes.

Sanfilippo narrowly avoided a penalty with three misses in the first shooting session. In the second shooting she managed without a spare, but still lost a few places on the cross-country ski trail. In the end it was tenth place for the azure women's relay team. World Championships in Östersund: women's relay, 4 x 6 km Pos Country Time/penalty laps + spares 1. Norway 1:12.00,1 hours/1+8 2. Sweden +24,3 seconds/0+6 3. Ukraine +35,1/0+5 4. Germany +35,6/1+14 5. Russia +43,6/0+12 6. Slovakia +53,1/0+9 7. Poland +1.47,1:3 minutes/6+XNUMX 8. France +1.57,4/3+6 9. USA +2.22,3/2+5 10. Italy +2.32,9/1+9

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Norway wins relay gold – “Azzurre” is on track for a long time

Thanks to an outstanding performance, especially on the cross-country ski trail, Norway's biathletes won relay gold on Saturday. The “Azzurre” were also at the forefront for a long time. In the end, Italy's relay team didn't get past tenth place.

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