SHipulin won silver in the final of World Cup
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Russian Anton SHipulin finished second in the sprint in the final stage of the World Cup in Khanty Mansiysk.
On the two firing lines SHipulin did not allow a single miss, breaking the distance of 7.5 km for exactly 24 minutes. In the final minutes, he conceded only Frenchman Martin Fourcade, giving him 13 seconds.
Third place went to German Benedikt Doll, not close one of the targets at the shooting “standing” and lost to the winner of 18.3 seconds. In the top six were also Andrew Rastorgouev from Latvia, Nathan Smith and Canadian German Arnd Peiffer.
The Russian national team as hosts of the competition has been able to say at the start instead of the usual eight biathletes six. As a result, in addition to the twenty strongest Shipulina got only Maxim Tsvetkov, loser Fourcade 52 seconds and took 14th place without a single miss.
Alexey Volkov became the 24th ( lag – 1 minute 15.5 seconds, 0 penalty laps), Eugene Garanichev – 33 m ( +1.26,6; 3 free range), Dmitry Malyshko – 40th ( +1.36,0 2 free range), Alex Slepov – 44th ( +1.49,1; 4 free range) Timofey Lapshin – 60th ( +2.03,8; 3 free range), Matthew Eliseev – 80 m ( +3.26,2; 5 penalty laps).
Martin Fourcade won the race at the end of a small crystal globe in sprint, gaining 416 points. SHipulin became the second ( 370), the German Simon Schempp – third ( 354), Garanichev – Six ( 258).
In the overall World Cup Frenchman scored 993 points and became virtually inaccessible to competitors. Theoretically, it can only get ahead SHipulin, ranks second ( 876). Third in the general classification is Slovenian Jakov Fak ( 823).
In order to guarantee a fourth consecutive Big Crystal Globe, Fourcade enough in the remaining two races of the season ( persecution and mass start) scored 4 points, the equivalent of 37-th place in one of them.
Winning in the overall World Cup four times in a row so far could not be anyone of biathlon. Three wins in a row in the asset German Frank Ulrich ( 1980-82) and Frenchman Raphael Poiret ( 2000-02). In biathlon six consecutive victories in the overall standings won Swedish Magdalena Forsberg ( 1997-2002).
Khanty-Mansiysk ( Russian). World Cup biathlon. Men. Sprint
1. Martin Fourcade ( France) – 23.47,0 ( 0 penalty laps)
2. Anton SHipulin ( Russian) +13,0 ( 0)
3. Benedict Doll ( Germany) +18,3 ( 1)
4. Andrew Rastorgouev ( Latvia) +18,6 ( 0)
5. Nathan Smith ( Canada) +34,0 ( 1)
6. Arnd Peiffer ( Germany) +34,4 ( 2) …
14. Maxim Tsvetkov ( Russian) +52,0 ( 0) …
24. Alexey Volkov ( Russian) +1.15,5 ( 0) …
33. Eugene Garanichev ( Russian) + 1.26,6 ( 3) …
40. Dmitry Malyshko ( Russian) +1.36,0 ( 2) …
44. Alex Slepov ( Russian) +1.49,1 ( 4) …
60 . Timofey Lapshin ( Russian) + 2.03,8 ( 3) …
80. Matthew Eliseev ( Russian) + 3.26,2 ( 5)
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