Östersund in Sweden is the penultimate biathlon stop of the World Cup this season. In the women’s singles match, Italy celebrated a double victory. Polona Klemenčič was 10th. At 16:20 men will also run in the individual race.
Dorothea Wierer beat her by 25.5 seconds in the Italian match Lisa Vitozzi. Both hit all 20 targets. The third one was with one missed shot and as a result a minute was added to the German Denise Herrmann Wick (+1:38.8).
Polona Klemenčič she missed two shots, one shot each in the first and third stops. She was barely three minutes behind the winner and achieved the best ranking in the World Cup. She was only higher at the World Championships, when she finished eighth.
Anamarija Lampič she left six targets uncovered, was inaccurate lying down once and standing up five times. She ranked 61st with a gap of 6:53.7.
In the men’s competition, the list of performers includes Miha Dovžan (32), Anton Vidmar (44), Rok Tršan (78) and Alex Cisar (96).
On Saturday, there will be relay races, and on Sunday there will be races with a group start.
Posamično (Ž), 20 km: * 1. D. WIERER ITA 41:19,6 (0) 2. L. VITTOZZI ITA +:25,5 (0) 3. D. HERRMANN WICK NEM 1:38,8 (1) 4. J. SIMON FRA 1:49,5 (2) 5. E. LUNDER KAN 2:11,9 (0) ... 10. P. KLEMENČIČ SLO 2:53,5 (2) 61. A. LAMPIČ SLO 6:53,7 (6) * - zgrešeni streli/kazenske minute
Common order
Ženske (17/21): 1. J. SIMON FRA 943 točk 2. L. VITTOZZI ITA 795 3. D. WIERER ŠVE 769 31. P. KLEMENČIČ SLO 156 45. A. LAMPIČ SLO 91
Source: Rtvslo
