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Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Fourcade stood on the highest step of the podium in Thursday, when the mixed relay team competed, and in Saturday’s sprint. On Sunday, on the route he went from nearly half-minute advantage over Bjoerndalenem and Ukrainian Serhiy Semenov and easily maintained first place on the occasion of securing a fifth consecutive final triumph in the overall World Cup.
on Sunday, 27-Frenchman won the 46th victory of his career in the cycle. In this respect it is second in the all-time (Bjoerndalen leads with 94 triumphs in this discipline, and one in cross country skiing).
He won already nine gold medals at the world championships, including eight in the struggle of the individual. It is also certain small Crystal Balls for victories in the sprint classification and running on the investigation. In addition, still counts in the battle for the trophy in the individual race and in the race mass start.
42 -year-old Bjoerndalen, who won 42 World Cup medals in his career, he had in Sunday’s run a bit harder task. After the second shooting, which once missed, even dropped to fifth place. Later, however, already he shot flawlessly and had a safe lead over the rest of the contenders. To the finish line reached 20.1 s later than Fourcade.
Third place went to his compatriot Emil Hegle Svendsen, that the Frenchman had lost 31.2 seconds. the Poles did not start.
O 15.45 struggles in the running for investigation 10 km to commence women. Start have three Poles, however, which they recorded large losses in the sprint and probably will not be counted in the fight for medals.
results:
1. Martin Fourcade (France) 32.56,5 (3 penalties round)
2. Ole Einar Bjørndalen (Norweia) loss 20.1 s (2)
3. Emil Hegle Svendsen (Norway) 31.2 (1)
4. Johannes Thingnes Bø (Norway) 38.3 (3)
5. Jakov Fak (Slovenia) 41.9 (0)
6. Simon Desthieux (France) 42.9 (0)
7. Erik Lesser (Germany) 43.3 (2)
8. Serhiy Semenov (Ukraine) 50.0 (3)
9. Anton Shipulin (Russia) 59.9 (1)
10. Quentin Fillon Maillet (France) 59.9 (2)
World Cup Overall standings (after 21 out of 26 professions):
1. Martin Fourcade (France) 1037 pts
2. Anton Shipulin (Russia) 726
3. Johannes Thingnes Bø (Norway) 627
4. Tarjei Boe (Norway) 616
5. Simon Schempp (Germany) 608
6. Simon Eder (Austria) 603
7. Emil Hegle Svendsen (Norway) 580
8. Evgeniy Garanichev (Russia) 570
9. Quentin Fillon Maillet (France) 516
10. Ole Einar Bjørndalen (Norway) 505
Classification course of the investigation (after 7 of 8 competitions ):
1. Martin Fourcade (France) 391 pts
2. Anton Shipulin (Russia) 279
3. Tarjei Boe (Norway) 238
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