The last pre-Olympic stage of the Biathlon World Cup, which takes place in the Italian Razun-Anterselva, will continue on Friday. We bring to your attention the women's individual race for 15 km.
In the men's individual race on the eve of the Russian fans were waiting for a pleasant surprise - Anton Babikov won, and Karim Khalili showed the third time. Women can also expect sensations, and even louder than men. Firstly, the women here do not have a pronounced favorite – the entire main Swedish national team will not participate here. And the blizzard promised by forecasters played out only at the end of the race. Women should have powerful gusts of wind on the shooting range throughout the race.
Bookmakers see Belarusian Dinara Alimbekova and Austrian Lisa Hauser as having the best chances to win. Italian Dorothea Wierer, Frenchwoman Anais Beskon and another Belarusian Anna Sola are also highly rated by analysts. Let's risk betting on Hauser, which demonstrated a good ability to cope with the wind, as Anton Babikov did the day before, competently waiting out the gusts if necessary.
We will wait for good performances from the Russian national team again. It seems that all our athletes have had a very good acclimatization here. We will wait for a good performance from Valeria Vasnetsova, who has long since had a shot, as well as from Irina Kazakevich, who has recently made significant progress in shooting, especially from a standing position. It is also time for Natalia Ushkina to perform successfully as part of the Romanian national team, where serious hopes are pinned on her. Anna Sola must be above the French "mazila" Justine Breza-Boucher. Norwegian women should also be good - men looked very powerful the day before, especially on the ski run.
