{"id":4000,"date":"2020-03-08T11:31:07","date_gmt":"2020-03-08T11:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biathlonnmnm.yashicadev.cz\/?p=4000"},"modified":"2020-03-08T11:31:12","modified_gmt":"2020-03-08T11:31:12","slug":"success-in-sprint-followed-by-disappointing-relays-norwegian-biathletes-dominated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biathlonnmnm.yashicadev.cz\/en\/2020\/03\/08\/success-in-sprint-followed-by-disappointing-relays-norwegian-biathletes-dominated\/","title":{"rendered":"Success in sprint followed by disappointing relays, Norwegian biathletes dominated"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Two relays were held at the Vyso\u010dina Arena on Saturday \u2013 the women\u2019s 4\u00d76 km relay race was won by Norwegians, the silver went to the French team, and the bronze to German women. Difficult and windy conditions the race was held in was one of the reasons for poor performance of Czech women at the shooting range. Jessica Jislov\u00e1, Mark\u00e9ta Davidov\u00e1, Lucie Charv\u00e1tov\u00e1 and Eva Kristejn Puskar\u010d\u00edkov\u00e1 finished 10th. Norwegian relay team was victorious in the 4\u00d77.5 km men\u2019s race, too, finishing nearly 40 second ahead of the Ukraine team. The bronze went to Swedes. Czech men \u2013 Michal \u0160lesingr, Ond\u0159ej Moravec, Jakub \u0160tvrteck\u00fd, and Michal Kr\u010dm\u00e1\u0159 \u2013 had a hopeful start and raced on the second place after five shootings, but eventually plunged to the 12th<\/sup> place.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Norwegian women were excellent again, just like at the World Championships in Anterselva, and this victory is their sixth in a row in this season. Tiril Eckhoff started into the race as the last of them, did not make a mistake at the final standing position shooting, and managed to get rid of all opponents. She finished comfortably, no other racer around. The French were second, the Germans third.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Czech women were miserable at the shooting range: Mark\u00e9ta Davidov\u00e1 was the first who had to run a penalty loop after missing targets when shooting in the standing position. Lucie Charv\u00e1tov\u00e1, the next racer in the team, had to run the 150-metre-long loop, too, as she missed both at prone and standing position shooting. In total, Czech women recorded a score of 3+18 (i.e. three penalty loops and 18 reloads), which was one of the worst results among all teams. Eva Puskar\u010d\u00edkov\u00e1 came into the finish with the Swiss racer, and the photo finish decided that the Swiss team with three Gasparin sisters took the ninth place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Inspired by their female teammates, Norwegian men won the men\u2019s relays. They dominated the race, being in the lead from the start to the finish. The silver went to the Ukraine whose national teams performed really well in both men\u2019s and women\u2019s relays in Nov\u00e9 M\u011bsto na Morav\u011b. Swedish men took the bronze.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Czech men started well into the race, being fourth after Michal \u0160lesingr\u2019s and Ond\u0159ej Moravec\u2019s parts, only 10 second behind the leading team of Norway. \u201eI enjoyed it at the beginning and after the standing position shooting. The last lap was really painful, though. I struggled immensely, but this is a part of the sport and we are used to it. It was great, with the exception of the finish when I really gave everything into keeping up with the rest,\u201c Michal \u0160lesingr commented on his last race. Having made no mistake in prone position, Jakub \u0160tvrteck\u00fd left the shooting range on the second place, but it was then that the critical moments came. Eight bullets fired meant only two targets hit for Jakub, and he had to take three penalty loops. Michal Kr\u010dm\u00e1\u0159 did not have good shooting at the prone position, either, and this meant that the Czech team plunged to the final 12th<\/sup> position. Czechs did not cry over the spilt milk for a long time for it was time for a touching good-bye to Michal \u0160lesingr. The Czech legend of the sport was \u201cwaved goodbye\u201d by the whole Czech team, organizers, referees, volunteers and hundreds of thousands viewers at their TV sets. Thank you, Michal!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The World Cup event in NMNM is coming to a head on Sunday with a mass start races. The women start at 11:45 AM, men two hours later, at 1:45 PM. Both races will be broadcasted live at\u00a0\u010cT sport \u2013 \u010cesk\u00e1 televize<\/a>,\u00a0Eurosport<\/a>,\u00a0Eurovision Sports Live<\/a>. Results:\u00a0DATACENTER<\/a>,\u00a0for any other information, please visit our official website\u00a0BiathlonNMNM.cz<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Author: Tom\u00e1\u0161 Hermann, Lada Smr\u017eov\u00e1
Photo: Michal Jilka<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two relays were held at the Vyso\u010dina Arena on Saturday \u2013 the women\u2019s 4\u00d76 km relay race was won by Norwegians, the silver went to the French team, and the bronze to German women. Difficult and windy conditions the race was held in was one of the reasons for poor performance of Czech women at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n