Sixth win of the season for Tora Berger in Antholz - AUDIOS

It was the 22nd career victory for World Cup leader Tora Berger. The 31-year-old Norwegian seems to particularly like Antholz, as she has already celebrated four victories here, came second twice and third once. Today she started the race with start number 14, gained place by place and then made the decisive attack in the last shooting, where she took the lead. She didn't give up this until the finish and won after an incredible comeback in 31:21,8 minutes.

Before the last shooting, Olena Pidhrushna from Ukraine was in the lead, but then she missed a target at the shooting range and had to settle for second place. Pidhrushna was already second in the sprint in Östersund at the start of the season. The Finnish Kaisa Mäkäräinen came third, just ahead of the Russian Olga Vilukhina and the German Nadine Horchler. Before the last shooting, she was still on the podium, but then missed once.

Karin Oberhofer slips to 17th place Karin Oberhofer was once again the fastest among the Italians. Eighth in the sprint on Thursday, she slipped back to 17th in the rankings today. The woman from Feldthurn made too many shooting errors, five in total, three of them in the last series and thus gave away another top ten placement. Dorothea Wierer from Rasen, on the other hand, was able to gain eight places and came 21st. Nicole Gontier (24th) and Michela Ponza from Val Gardena (28th) also improved compared to Thursday, while the young Alexia Runggaldier confirmed her 40th place.

Results World Cup Antholz (January 19, 2013) Women's 10km Pursuit 1. Tora Berger (NOR) 31.21,8 (2 missed shots) 2. Olena Pidhrushna (UKR) +18,9 (1) 3. Kais Mäkärainen (FIN) +25,4 (4) 4. Olga Vilukhina (RUS) +29,6 (2) 5. Nadine Horchler (GER) +32,7 (1) 6. Ann Kristin Aafedt Flatland (NOR) +51,7 (2) 7. Sophie Boilley (FRA) +56,2 (1) 8. Teja Gregorin (SLO) +58,9 (4) 9. Synnoeve Solemdal (NOR) +1.00,0 (2) 10. Darya Domracheva (BLR) +1.02,0 (6) 11. Magdalena Gwizdon (POL) +1.02,4 (3) 12. Andrea Henkel (GER) +1.05,5 (2) 13. Gabriela Soukalova (CZE) +1.22,1 (3) 14. Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK) +1.30,6 (7) 15. Olga Zaitseva (RUS) +1.41,2 (4)

17. Karin Oberhofer (ITA/Feldthurns) +1.53,5 (5) 21. Dorothea Wierer (ITA/turf) +2.26,7 (3) 24. Nicole Gontier (ITA) +2.40,7 (5) 28. Michela Ponza (ITA/St. Christina) +2.59,6 (1) 40. Alexia Runggaldier (ITA/St. Christina) +4.39,2 (5)

Voices from Antholz

Tora Berger (NOR), winner: “I felt good today and after the second shooting I thought that something could still be done. What was crucial was that I made no mistakes in the last shooting. I think I was able to adapt better to the special conditions here at altitude today, especially at the shooting range.”

Olena Pidhrushna (UKR), second: “The joy of second place outweighs the disappointment that I didn’t win. When I was on the last lap with Tora Berger, I already knew that I was fighting for second place today. Thanks to our successes, biathlon is becoming more and more popular in Ukraine and the popularity is increasing. We are pleased about the development that young people in particular are enthusiastic about our sport. Sports schools now also offer biathlon.”

Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN), third: “Immediately after the start I felt that it would be very difficult for me today and that I wasn't a very fast runner. That's why I had a hard time with standing shooting. But I fought hard for it. When I went to the final loop, I thought to myself that I could still make it to the podium.”

Karin Oberhofer (ITA), best “Azzurra”: “In the last shooting I wasn't as focused as in the other series. Unfortunately, I was too focused on the windows instead of concentrating on my work. At least I was able to catch up with two opponents on the final lap. The running performance was good.”

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Sixth win of the season for Tora Berger in Antholz - AUDIOS

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