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stage in the German men's relay race continued Oberhof, Germany, in which the team was going to issue gold “double” – recall that yesterday's women's race ended in victory for housewives. Russian women have the same yesterday, “bronze”.

At this time our ambitions were at least no less – how nice it would be to select the “gold” of the Germans in the crowded black, red and yellow bleachers! Especially because our team is quite allowed to count on that – the first ran through, then Miracles, Yaroshenko and round.

Ivan started very well – in a dense group of athletes requiring him not only “zavalitsya” in the shooting – to pull ahead the progress has been very difficult. After the first firing line team leaders declined considerably after the second – and at all huddled up to three people – a Norwegian Svendsen, German Resch and Ivan Tcherezov ran away with the “rack” almost simultaneously and equally in sync finished – apart they were separated only a few tenths of seconds.

Maxim Tchoudov, who had escaped a second, started very quickly, but the shot is worse – his “seasoning” made us nervous – to close the target he needed all three additional rounds – good that it was not necessary to run a penalty lap. Fortunately, Max was such a good way, that the negative effects of fire was almost completely eliminated – 20 of 30 seconds were eaten by the German advantage in the interval between the firing line.

Excellent rate of Maxim in no way affected his shooting – all five bullets flew out of his rifle quickly and accurately, and as a result of German and Russian athlete left the firing line almost simultaneously. Passing the baton, too, occurred almost simultaneously – the leaders again fit in one second, only Norwegians among them was gone.

third stage of Russia Dmitry Yaroshenko fled, and after the first shooting was to build an advantage – to shoot in “lezhke” best German, he came out ahead by 14 seconds. The second shooting – “Stand”. It has often been at Dmitry problem, not an exception this time. Two misses in the first three shots and already Birnbacher, coming up to the shooting later become a favorite. Fortunately, the Germans, too, is wrong, and Yaroshenko goes from the line with almost the same margin as before the approach. A good finish – and Nikolay Kruglov gets 11 seconds handicap. The second starts Grice, and behind, seemingly without a chance to win, starts great and terrible Ole Einar Bjoerndalen.

to the first shooting range and a German Russian suit almost simultaneously. Suddenly, a terrible wind swoops and athletes begin to smear one shot after another. The first blunder of Nicholas, second, third … German is not far behind, and spreads as much as five times, going on two free round. Nicholas also can not do without the extra range, which greatly inflates the chances Einar – after three (only) misses, it reduces the gap to seven seconds. Given the speed and fatigue Norwegian Kruglov (think of the extra penalty yards), it becomes clear that the second turn of the separation of Russians have probably will not.

It turns – the athletes approach the “rack” and open fire. Kruglov shoots better, runs the first, but Ole Einar just nine seconds!

As Natalya Guseva, a day earlier, Nicholas Circle fought his last legs, but the chances of winning it, frankly, was not – the great Norwegian swiftly overtook him, caught up, and then giving Kruglov posoprotivlyayutsya fifty meters, flew forward. “Gold” for Norway, “silver” for Russia.

fight was very tough. When Nick (Round) came to the line, blew a terrible wind, which enabled the Norwegian approach. Kruglov, while not quite in the form of, well, Einar – Einar it. – Said after the finish line in an interview to television channel “Sport” Vladimir Alikin. – It's a shame, of course, but overall I'm satisfied – nothing terrible has happened. We will continue to compete in exactly the same composition, will these kids to turn out to participate in the World Cup. We will certainly look at other kids – until the championship is still three stages “.

Fedor Avetisov, Down-the-line.com

1. Norway – 1:21:40.0

2. Russia – lag 3.4

3. Germany – 48.6

4. Sweden – 1:38.2

5. France – 1:51.4

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