OSLO / Ruhpolding (VG) Emil Hegle Svendsen (30) would revenge the weak finish last relay. It was no difficult task thanks to strong stages by brothers Bo.
The management dwindled when Svendsen got trouble on the last shooting, got an error overcharging and lost a shot. Then he came out of it.
– I do not have the best shooting form and it was jobbing throughout. It was a decent experience and it could have been much worse. Relay is a lot of stress and it was a bit windy as well, says Svendsen who had good control of the runners behind him.
– There was no point in spending too much effort to keep ahead.
It was attached great excitement to the duel between Svendsen and Russian Anton Shipulin after the last relay, when the Norwegian was crushed in the sprint in Hochfilzen. The time had Svendsen half a minute lead before the final stage.
Friday afternoon was basically even better. A quick round of usable shooting Tarjei Bo and difficult wind conditions that created trouble for rivals, had earned Norway a head start of more than a minute at the nearest competitor before Svendsen proceeded final stage.
– This was fun! I went out aggressively grab again Frenchman (Simon Desthieux). It was a little wild basse first shooting, but I had to pull myself standing shooting. I was a bit too much skier on the first shooting. Anyway, this was a cannon leg, said Tarjei Bo to NRK after his leg.
LOST SHOTS: Emil Hegle Svendsen on the way out from the latest shooting, that was not any hassle affair for the Norwegian after one fkk charging error and lost a shot. But it remained to solve Norway to victory.
Photo: Jostein Magnussen , VGVG LIVE: How was the relay minute by minute
The mess it almost to
The comfortable head start down to Sjipulin lasted until the last shooting, but charging tamper and some extra shots – combined with lightning fast and flawless shooting from Russian – created some extra excitement anyway.
But Svendsen had apparently saved themselves a bit, and Sjipulin ran out on the last lap, so 30 -year-old could go alone into a victory which undoubtedly tastes extra good slump in Hochfilzen.
But the question is whether 12 extra shots are good enough to win the World Cup relay.
– It depends entirely on circumstances. We have a very good team uniform. All nations will envy us for the team we have. We avoid generally penalties under and we go fast. That is our strength and I think the others are a bit envious. This team stands rock solid. We have great confidence, says Svendsen VG.
There was still no superior display of anchor man who was more than 14.6 seconds down to Russia on the other. Austria ended up in third place, 35.8 seconds behind Norway.
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12 extra shots
And despite the fact that Norway won by a wide margin, it was just “a mid-day for Norway,” said Ole Einar Bjørndalen. He was referring to the 12 extra shots Norway had to use, but that was not fatal this time. Tarjei Bo says:
– I think we allocated extra shots okay to win today. The last series usually have to be good. But I agree, using 12 extra shots are not good enough, says Bo.
Bjoerndalen, Johannes Thingnes Bø Tarjei Bo and Svendsen constituted the Norwegian team, which consolidates its position as favorite before World Cup in Holmenkollen in March.
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At least satisfied of the four was Bjoerndalen, who delivered a weak first leg, where he entered in 10th place after smørebom and five extra shots.
– It was no good today. I chose the wrong structure, went a bit too rough. There were many shots, so that was not good. I have no good feeling about where it could sit away, I felt I was quite alert, and did what I had planned, but it would not, says veteran VG.
John Thingnes Bo got a tough duel with Martin Fourcade on the second leg, but was pleased with how he solved it.
– I had to cope with Martin today, it is not so simple. But it was very good implemented, I had added a good game plan and wrote down some thoughts, he said.
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