Norwey conquers the Gold Medal thanks to Gjedrem and the polish athlete Palka ranks first. Bronze Medal for Italian athletets Martinelli and Fiandino
Today is the first day for Biathlon in Brusson and Gold Medals in Sprint were conquered by the Norwegian athlete Martin Gjedrem and the Polish athlete Krystyna Palka. Italians win two Bronze Medals thanks to Christian Martinelli and Roberta Fiandino, in addition to several good rankings.
The Norwegian athlete Hans Martin Gjedrem wins the 10 Km Biathlon Sprint competition. This morning, on the track Trois Villages in Brusson Gjedrem, despite two errors on the shooting range, has imposed his score with time 29’27”7; after him with 6”8 delay but without errors on the shooting range, ranks the Estonian Roland Lessing and the Bronze Medal goes to the Christian Martinelli of Carabinieri Army with 20”2 delay and two errors on the shooting range. And then two other Italian athletes followed: Mattia Cola of Financial Police at the fourth place (time 25”7; 0 0) and the alpine Markus Windisch of Alto Adige ranked fifth (time 25”8; 1 0).
In the female competition, the Polish Krystyna Palka without errors on the shooting range finished with time 22’59”3, followed by the Chinese athlete Chun Li Wang with 16”2 delay and one error on the shooting range; Roberta Fiandino of the Army performed well and ranked third with 22”2 delay without errors on the shooting range. The Norwegian Anne Ingstadbjoerg gained the fourth place with 29”7 while the Russian Mariya Sadilova with 39”7 delay reached the fifth place. The other Italian athletes ranked 13th, 21th and 24th, respectively Christa Perathoner, Michela Andreola and Barbara Ertl.