Biathlon. Mixed relay. (Chronicle)

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19:43 On this Rainbow Nota, we stop broadcasting to the female relay race.

19:42 At the finish showdowns of Russia and Slovakia, a centimeter won Shipulin-5th place, the Slovak fell-having given the last forces in 6th place, France-the 7th (this year women let us down), the 8th-the national team of Ukraine, the 9th-the USA.

19:40 Third - Italy - began to dance, not yet finishing. Congratulations, really well done! The Germans are fourth.

19:40 The second Czechs - with a flag. For this team is a success!

19:39 finish - gold - Norway! They rejoice that they have never been Olympic champions - especially Bjorndal.

19:37 The Russian on the rise still overtakes the Slovak-and that bread.

19:37 The Italian is still alone - the German is not visible behind him, therefore, with a great degree of confidence, we can talk about the bronze of the team with appenin.

19:36 Norwegians and Chekhov we can already congratulate the first and second places, respectively.

19:35 The only thing for us to fight for is to try to overtake not very quickly running Slovaks.

19:35 German - clean - if he dies on a ski track, he can try to catch up with the Italian. Fourcade - clean, Russia, Slovakia - clean.

19:34 Czech Republic - the last shot of a miss, add a cartridge, but still - silver. Italy is fast, clean, and, most likely, bronze - that the unconditional success for this team.

19:32 But with the 6th place of our national team I got excited, Slipulov will not overtake Slipulin in any way.

19:31 Svendsen is rushing that he was haunted by his entire fast -headed team - it is understood, he wants to create a serious caulk and protect himself from mistakes.

19:30 behind us - the abyss - in thirty seconds, Ukrainians go. So we can count on our 6th, in the same way we finished in the only similar race this year. Still, only Churov is lying statistics.

19:29 between Russia and Slovakia 15 seconds

19:28 shoots Martin Fourcade, France is clean, like the Slovak, who gathered himself after the fall. Russia is clean, we still go in 6th place, getting to the Slovak.

19:27 Moraveza shooting - clean! The Italian is fast and clean. What are the Italians who felt the taste of medals.

German - cleanly - and in pursuit

19:26 The first shooting of the last stage. There is no wind (and how could you smear?). Norway, Svender - clean! And the Czech has not even approached the fire line.

19:24 The race went into a more or less calm direction - if the Czechs and Norwegians will not make mistakes, they will come to the finish line, but the struggle may flare up for bronze, from which the Slovakia, whose representative flew to the ditch, almost emitted.

19:21 Russia-6th, lag-2 minutes 24 seconds. No guys, this is not played out.

19:20 Meanwhile, Svender went to the last stage for Norway in this race. The Czech Czech was handed over to the baton to the two -time winner of Sochi - Moravets. Italians go in third place in the fourth stage. 4th-with a large lag-the Germans, the 5th-Slovaks. The Germans can compete in Shimp in the person of Shimp.

19:19 Of course, this is a sport. Of course, it was clear that our team was not the favorites of these games, but still - it’s a shame.

19:18 Norway, before the last step, provided for itself a comfortable advantage (41 seconds), and if Svendsen is not completely foolish, gold is in their pocket. Italians - others - lag behind the leader 1 minute and 11 seconds.

19:14 The second shooting of the third stage: Norway is clean. Czechs - 1 additional. Italy - 3 additional cartridges. Germany - three additional cartridges.

19:10 Bjorndalen goes the first with a margin of 15 seconds, goes faster than the Czech, having won him for three extra seconds. With a margin very large - 45 seconds - third Italians. Further four teams go tightly, closes the persecution group - our Garanichev.

Ule-Einar Bjorndalen. Photo Reuters

19:08 The first shooting of the third stage. Norway is clean, the Czech Republic is 1 add, Italy is 1 add cartridge. Slovaks go to 4th place, the Germans-the fifth, Russia-clean-7th, immediately after Ukrainians.

19:07 While the race is predictable, and, I think, the founded struggle will unfold for third place - where is full of applicants.

19:05 Together and Bjorndalen go in a couple, without trying to argue for the first place. They have a comfortable advantage over Italians - 23.8 seconds.

19:04 In front of us to everything else - Ukrainians, Slovaks and Germans. The French failed - one penalty circle earned.

19:03 At the third stage, Bjorndalen runs for Norway, and for the Czech Republic. Russia came to the 8th, at the 3rd stage Garanichev runs for us.

19:00 Italian - others. Next - a large gap - and the Polish team.

18:59 Meanwhile, Soucalova overtakes Norwegian Ekhoff before the finish.

18:57 And again shooting. Norway is clean, the Czech Republic is clean, Italy is 1 additional. Shooting Vilukhina - 1 additional cartridge. At the exit from the shooting range, she is the 7th. The first are Norwegians, the second are Czechs. The third are the Italians, the fourth - representatives of the Polish national team, whom Sawkalov pursues.

18:54 Italian is already devouring Sawkalov, who left behind and far from the Polish team. She goes to second place. At the mark of 2.9 km, our Vilukhina is already the eighth, she was expectedly overtaken by Anastasia Kuzmina.

18:53 Third - the Polish team, the fourth - Czech Sukalova, the fifth - Ukrainians who, I repeat, are not running the most powerful composition.

18:52 Czech Republic - shot, three additional cartridges. Norway is clean, Italy is 1 additional cartridge. Russia is also 1 additional. Vilukhin at the exit from the shooting range - the 7th.

18:51 The first shooting of the second stage (and on the approaches to the shooting range - on the very terrible descent where Zaitsev fell, they are already falling abundantly).

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18:49 Soucalova goes out in the first place, the third - Italian, in 4th place - representatives of the US team - this is a mark of 900 meters. Russia-already-what is such and such, viewing-11th, and with a large hole in front of the 10th team.

18:49 Norwegian runs the bronze medalist of the Olympiad - Ekhoff, in Czech - the “silver” Soucalov.

18:46 All - before the finish Berger “ate” the Italian and comes first, the second stage begins. The third-Czechs, the fourth-USA, 5th-Ukraine, Russia-10th. Olga Vilukhina left the start.

18:45 At the mark of 4.9 Berger is already the second, Polka the stick failed, like the Ukrainian, Zaitseva is already the 10th, having missed the Belarusian Kalinchik and the German.

18:44 Italian Wireer secured a good cauld, purely shooting. Among the catching up the gaps are small.

18:44 Zaitseva is the ninth - 21 seconds of lag behind the Italian, who goes the first. The second and third are Polish and Ukrainian teams.

18:42 The second shooting. Norway - two additional ones, the Czech Republic - one additional, France - one additional, the USA - 1 additional, Italy is clean, Russia is one additional

18:40 But Olga does not look very good, maybe it never recovered after the injury. Meanwhile, Americans fail after the two leading groups were connected in one pelet.

18:39 So far, everything looks like this: the first two places - the gap - the third and fourth - the gap and then - the persecution group, in the middle of which Zaitsev dug.

18:38 The leaders of Vitkov from the Czech Republic, in the second position of Italian, the third - French, the fourth - Tura Berger from Norway. I repeat: this is after the first shooting.

18:37 The first shooting . Zaitseva-one additional cartridge-and without a penalty circle, leaves the shooting range of the 8th.

18:36 But Anastasia Kuzmina - the Olympic champion from Slovakia - participates in the race. But this team has not such a large choice.

18:35 Ukrainians, as I said, put up not the strongest composition, Burdyga is still the 11th.

18:34 The first mark: Norway, USA, Czech Republic, Russia, France.

18:33 Zaitseva - so far the fifth with a small margin from the four of the strongest.

18:32 At our first stage - Olga Zaitseva, who successfully overcame the starting segment - goes closer to the beginning, and the Czechs and Norwegians - the uncontrollable Berger leads.

18:31 Let's go!

18:31, in general, the Norwegians put up the strongest composition - the team of both Torah Berger and Tyril Exhoff - were clearly tuned in to gold: all - the winners of this Olympics, led by the champion Bjoerndalen.

The Germans, who have nothing to lose, also came out the strongest composition, opens the race - Henkel.

18:28 And what to expect from ours - but who knows, we'll see. The coaching staff decided to put the best forces to this race: Olga Zaitseva, Olga Vilukhina, Evgeny Garanichev, Anton Shipulin. Much will depend on how much Zaitsev recovered after a serious fall in the last race and what compositions will expose other teams. In total, 16 teams are represented.

18:26 Czechs look like favorites and on this race, do not forget that they have another Olympic medalist. It seems that the Norwegians, if they set the main composition with Berger, Exkhoff, Svendsen and Bjorndalen, are quite applicants for gold (the rest of the national team acts crookedly), but then a lot will depend on the decision of the coaching staff: if they decide that the leaders need to be saved for ordinary overpasses, the Norwegian team may fail. Actually, the decision to save the girls who claim to be gold in the women's relay, has already made the headquarters of the Ukrainian national team, especially since the men did not shine at the Olympics - what to tear up ... Do not lose accounts and Italians: both guys and girls looked very decent in the games.

The French ... Actually, they can also-if the Fourcade Jr. comes out, the rest are strong middle peasants, and the once brilliant French women are now weaving almost the last, with the exception of the demon.

A completely dark horse is the Germans, who (Lesser) has only one medal at the Olympics, but they can quite gather themselves, like the Slovenes with the Bronzovaya Gregorin and the failure of the Fakom Games, whom everyone was initially ranked for gold applicants.

As for Belarus ... If they give Domracheva to rest, there are almost no chances: one Scardino (Bronze Jrosse) will not pull the Olympics, and the men are weak. In the Austrian national team, the situation is exactly the opposite ...

18:24 Alas, our athletes recently firmly dug in the shade in this discipline. This season, for example, only one such race was held. The first place was then taken by the Czechs - Vitkov, Sawkalov (silver medalist of the Olympics in Sochi), Vitek and Moravets (Two -time Jeal of Sochi). The second place went to the Norwegians - Berger (Silver Olympic winner), Solek, Krostansen, Tariy Boe. Bronze - the national team of Ukraine: Subtarushny, Valya Semerenko, Semenov, Derezemlya. Further - the Italians and the French, ours came to the sixth (Glazyrina, Zaitseva, Volkov, Shipulin).

18:22 This is a young Olympic look, debuting at the last Olympics. The bottom line: the team consists of two women and two men. Each biathlonist runs out one stage: women - 6 km for, men - 7.5 km with two fire lines: a lying and a stand. As in an ordinary relay, the athlete has in reserve three spare cartridges on the fire line - he missed the fourth time - run the penalty circle. But the reloading of weapons with spare cartridges is also a waste of time.

18:21 Good evening! If he, of course, is good (((it is difficult to lead online from somewhere else, when in the ice arena in the Russian-Finland match, this happens. But I take myself together ...

So - biathlon competitions at the Olympics passed the equator. Only relay races are waiting for us now. Today is the first of them: mixed.