French woman Julie Simon won the mass start of the Biathlon World Cup in Antholz (Italy).
The athlete covered the distance of 12.5 km in 34 minutes 42.5 seconds, making 1 mistake.
Second place goes to his compatriot Lou Jeanmonnot-Laurent , who performed cleanly at the shooting range, but lost to the winner by 8.9 seconds. The third was Lena Hecky-Gross (+20.7; 1 miss) from Switzerland.
Among the men, the entire podium was occupied by Norwegian biathletes. Victory in the 15 km race was won by Vetle-Sjastad Christiansen, who clocked 35 minutes 51.4 seconds with 1 penalty. Johannes Dahle-Sevdahl (+10.7; 2) finished second; Vebjorn Soerum (+14.0; 1) won bronze.
The next stage of the Biathlon World Cup will take place in February, in the Czech Republic, in Nove Mesto.
Source : MatchTV

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