Russia lost the chance to close the men’s relay race at the Biathlon World Cup – ours were not allowed to the last race
Russia could fight Norway for the Globe. But at the last relay race ours were not allowed
To pick up the trophy, you just had to overtake the semi-reserve composition of the wooden ones.
On Friday, March 4, the final men’s relay race of the season took place in Finland, following which the Small Crystal Globe was awarded. Got his plants. Unfortunately, the Russian team did not participate in the race, because due to the solution of the biathlon union (IBU) problem, it was not allowed to compete. Participation in the upcoming failed, which our guys have lost. The team is lost and has a chance of arrest for the Globe. Before today’s races, our partners were in the relay standings, losing instincts by only six points. Probably, these were real chances for the Russians to take the trophy?
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Fight with reservists
In this case, the Russian team has pleased its fans. Our guys climb the podium in every relay of the season. In Östersund and Hochfilzen, the Russians were equal, in Ruhpolding they were first, and in Antholz they were second. Of course, there was also offensive bronze at the Olympics, but that race has nothing to do with the World Cup. As a result, in the relay standings, our men were wives. Retirement from losses – six points. The French, who moved in Turkey, distributed 19 points to the Russians.
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To accurately take the Globe, the Russians had to get on the podium and be above the feelings and the French. If we were talking about prize views, then Norway would simply have to be overtaken. If the Russians had not hit the podium, but the incidents would have to be ahead of at least three positions.
By the way, the Russians would have an advantage. The Norwegian national team arrived in Kontiolahti not in the most powerful composition: Johannes Boe ended the season ahead of schedule, and Tarjei Boe took a pause for recovery after the Olympics. During the season, the Norwegians received all the relay races, with the exception of one – in Ruhpolding, where the team leaders did not arrive in the course of the season. So it would definitely be possible to beat the semi-reserve composition of the victims. Moreover, Anton Babikov would have been in the cage, outside the Olympians. Yes, and Eduard Latypov, most likely, would have coped with the problems that were distinguished by the variety of drama in the relay at the Olympics.
The Russians could be on the territory. If only they were allowed into Finland. If.
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Ideal alignment
The events of today’s race were also often told to the Russians. Sivert Guttorm Bakken fled the first stage of the Zhirians. He looked mediocre. If the athlete passed the first line perfectly, then there are problems in the second place. As a result, after three extended cartridges, the team was only eighth, but Bakken still carefully pulled the assembly up to the fourth part. Philip Fjeld Andersen, according to the script for the appearance of Bakkenu, went perfectly in the prone position, but he “tumbled” on the counter. As a result, the change of events came in sixth place, lasting more than 30 seconds.
Further, Sturla Legrade, thanks to almost error-free work on the lines (only one extra round), pulled the team into the top three. Together with the Swede and the Frenchman, they approached the change of stages almost simultaneously. At the final event, the top three went along with the prone. Even there, they worked everything out exactly, but Quentin Fillon Maillet hesitated a little and fell behind Sebastian Samuelsson and Vetle Shost Christiansen, however, by the last shooting of the French, he got his rivals. And there is more luck. He worked to zero and left with a margin from his pursuers. As a result, Norway celebrated the victory, Sweden received silver, and France – bronze.
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Russia could perfectly wedge itself into this limitation, because during the season both the Swedes and the French were discussed. Of course, it was necessary for the Russians to build a reserve from the very beginning of the race, where amateur biathletes had not the best results. Obviously, at the finish line, the fight with Christiansen would have been useless. With him, even the overall leader of the standings, Quentin Fillon Maillet, can not stand it. In the meantime, the only thing that remains is that Russia was left without the MHG in the relay races of the season, which could become the first since-2016/2017.