Biathlon, Italy world silver in the medley relay

The World Cup of biathlon they open with a splendid silver for the blue team. TO Oberhof, in the 4×6 km medley relay, Italy is second only to Norway after leading for most of the race. Lisa Vittozzi, Dorothea WiererDidier Bionaz and Tommaso Giacomel equal the best result ever for Italy in this specialty (a second place dated 2020, in Anterselva, with Vittozzi-Wierer-Hofer-Windisch) finishing 12″ behind the Scandinavians, with just 6 errors in eight shooting sessions. Third place for France. Giacomel was overtaken by the champion Johannes Boe only on the last lap, after leaving the last range with the Norwegian. The blue quartet had already been able to get on the podium during this season in the World Cup in Pokljuka.

A silver that is worth gold in an extraordinary race by all the fractionalists. Very solid Vittozzi in the first fraction (just one mistake), the splendid last lap by Wierer (a mistake for her too), the stability of the young Bionaz (1+2, but good at keeping up with Norway and France) in his fraction and the coldness by Tommaso Giacomel, at just 22 years old. Italy is back on the podium at the World Cup after the disaster of two years ago, in the race that takes the pulse of the entire movement. The Azzurri started as second in the forecast behind the Norwegians and they lived up to expectations.