On Wednesday, January 12, the sixth stage of the Biathlon World Cup starts, which will be held in Ruhpolding, Germany. We bring to your attention the forecast for the women's 7.5 km sprint race.
In the women's World Cup standings, Norwegian Marta Roiseland continues to increase her advantage, which reached almost 90 points from the closest pursuer, Swedish Elvira Eberg. For the first time, bookmakers have the lowest coefficient before the sprint on Roiseland, although it is difficult to call her a favorite according to quotes. Rather, there is no favorite in this race, and the main contenders for success, along with Roiselann, are Elvira Eberg and Belarusian Anna Sola.
Unlike Oberhof, strong gusts of wind are not expected in Ruhpolding, so high-speed athletes should come to the fore. In Oberhof, only Justine Breza-Boucher could compete with Sola on the ski track, but she is smearing a lot this season, so we will bet on the victory of the Belarusian biathlete. Anna's compatriot Dinara Alimbekova is also in very good shape at the moment, who this season, as a rule, collects "wooden medals", that is, finishing fourth. This time we will also be waiting for her in the top 6. You can also try to play for Breza-Boucher to get into the top 10 – even with two misses, she is capable of it.
From duels, you can play for the Russian Irina Kazakevich, who is on the rise, unlike the Latvian Baiba Bendiki, who is clearly not at the peak of her form yet. Ulyana Nigmatullina is probably determined to rehabilitate herself for her stupid mistake in Oberhof, where she forgot to run the penalty circle – she is able to be higher in the protocol of her teammate Svetlana Mironova, who only disappoints. Closer to the start of the Olympics, Slovak biathletes have always progressed, so you can play Paulina Fialkova against Elena Kruchinkina, who is regularly able to fail on the firing lines. Tiril Eckhoff, who has returned to the ranks, should be high enough, but German Denise Herrmann performed very poorly on her native land at the last stage. In search of a higher coefficient, a bet on Dorothea Wierer, who is adding in functional terms, against Lisa Hauser, who is under loads, suggests itself. Also in Oberhof, I really liked Stina Nilsson – the former skier is progressing by leaps and bounds, eager to get to the Olympic Games in Beijing.
