IBU Biathlon World Championships 2012 - Men's 15km Mass Start

Simon Fourcade, Andreas Birnbacher

Martin Fourcade

    Na última prova do IBU Biathlon World Championships  - Men's 15km Mass Start em Ruhpolding, Alemanha, não poderia faltar emoção. E mais uma vez a prova foi decidida na última etapa, e quem subiu ao pódio mais uma vez foi Matin Fourcade da França. Martin Fourcade não vai esquecer esse excelente World Championships que fez. Focado em toda prova, mesmo cometendo penalidades nas primeiras etapas, conseguiu fazer uma ótima performace na etapa final esquiando mutio bem e não errando nenhum tiro.

     A chegada foi bem apertada, a diferença entre o primeiro colocado e o quinto ficou em mesmo que 10s. Björn Ferry da Suécia  por 3s atrás ficou com o 2° lugar e Fredrik Lindström também da Suécia por 3.4s atrás ficou com o 3° lugar.

Björn Ferry, Martin Fourcade, Fredrik Lindström

Martin Fourcade

Björn Ferry, Martin Fourcade, Fredrik Lindström, Andreas Birnbacher

POS	BIB		NAME	NAT   .	SHOOTING	T	RESULT
1	1	y	FOURCADE Martin	FRA	0+1+1+0	2	38:25.4	0.0
2	20		FERRY Björn	SWE	0+0+0+0	0	38:28.4	+3.0
3	17		LINDSTRÖM Fredrik	SWE	0+1+1+0	2	38:28.8	+3.4
4	7	r	BIRNBACHER Andreas	GER	0+0+0+1	1	38:30.0	+4.6
5	4		FOURCADE Simon	FRA	1+0+1+0	2	38:35.2	+9.8
6	3		BERGMAN Carl Johan	SWE	0+0+1+0	1	38:39.0	+13.6
7	9		PEIFFER Arnd	GER	0+0+1+1	2	38:45.7	+20.3
8	12		BJOERNDALEN Ole Einar	NOR	0+0+1+1	2	38:49.4	+24.0
9	15		GARANICHEV Evgeniy	RUS	0+0+0+1	1	38:52.2	+26.8
10	13		USTYUGOV Evgeny	RUS	2+0+0+0	2	38:59.8	+34.4
11	6		SOUKUP Jaroslav	CZE	0+1+0+1	2	39:02.9	+37.5
12	19		SLESINGR Michal	CZE	1+0+1+0	2	39:08.3	+42.9
13	18		MORAVEC Ondrej	CZE	0+1+1+1	3	39:18.7	+53.3
14	16		MESOTITSCH Daniel	AUT	1+0+1+0	2	39:26.9	+1:01.5
15	25		BOEUF Alexis	FRA	1+0+0+2	3	39:30.8	+1:05.4
16	24		HOFER Lukas	ITA	0+0+1+2	3	39:37.8	+1:12.4
17	8		BOE Tarjei	NOR	0+0+2+1	3	39:40.8	+1:15.4
18	2		SVENDSEN Emil Hegle	NOR	2+0+1+2	5	39:41.0	+1:15.6
19	30		DERYZEMLYA Andriy	UKR	0+0+3+0	3	39:42.3	+1:16.9
20	22		WINDISCH Markus	ITA	0+1+2+1	4	39:44.0	+1:18.6
21	27		BAUER Klemen	SLO	1+1+1+1	4	40:02.7	+1:37.3
22	23		GREIS Michael	GER	0+0+2+2	4	40:04.8	+1:39.4
23	29		BURKE Tim	USA	2+1+1+0	4	40:07.9	+1:42.5
24	28		LANDERTINGER Dominik	AUT	1+0+2+0	3	40:09.2	+1:43.8
25	14		BAILEY Lowell	USA	0+1+3+1	5	40:17.6	+1:52.2
26	26		SCHEMPP Simon	GER	1+0+3+1	5	40:22.0	+1:56.6
27	21		NOVIKOV Sergey	BLR	1+0+1+3	5	40:46.3	+2:20.9
28	11		MAKOVEEV Andrei	RUS	2+2+1+0	5	41:10.8	+2:45.4
29	5		SHIPULIN Anton	RUS	0+0+1+2	3	41:33.5	+3:08.1
DNF	10		WEGER Benjamin	SUI	1+ + +

Martin Fourcade - FRA

Martin Fourcade

Martin Fourcade

Simon Fourcade, Martin Fourcade

I went hard from the start today and never slowed down. My only goal was to win…I was a bit stronger than Bjorn on the last uphill and that was the only difference.

This was more than I expected in my life. It is wonderful I know that my performance in the World Championships is a very big thing; not many sportsmen will ever do this… It was wonderful to compete in front of all of these fans this week. I think we will have to wait for another World Championships like this one.

Björn Ferry - SWE

Björn Ferry

Björn Ferry

Björn Ferry

I was surprised to be up there. I knew that in the shape that I am in this year, my only chance was to shoot clean and I did that. All season, if I missed just one shot, I was gone.

I never won Silver before, Now with my Olympic gold and WCH mixed relay Bronze, I have a whole set!

Fredrik Lindström - SWE

Fredrik Lindström

Fredrik Lindström

Fredrik Lindström, Simon Fourcade

I did not know where I was on the final lap. I heard from the coaches that I was fifth and bronze was 2 meters ahead. In the last downhill, I put all I had and it was enough to get the bronze medal. I actually won a sprint!

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