On Saturday, January 23, the seventh stage of the Biathlon World Cup, which takes place in the Italian Razun-Anterselva, will continue. We bring to your attention the forecast for the women's relay race.
It is difficult to single out one favorite in the upcoming women's team race. Bookmakers believe that Norwegian women should win, despite the fact that they have never entered prizes this season, and will start only under the sixth starting number. It's hard to say what gives analysts such confidence, given that Marthe Roiselann is not performing at this stage.
The best relay women's team are French women, who celebrated a double success in the individual race the day before. But Julie Simon, who finished second, has not been announced for the relay. The champion of Breza-Boucher will run, but only at the second stage, and it is far from a fact that she will be able to work out the second race in a row qualitatively at the firing line. After Justine, the young Bote and Beskon, who failed in the "individual", will run. Belarusians were also not impressed on Friday – only Dinara Alimbekova remains stable here.
Why not beat the Russian national team? Yes, Valeria Vasnetsova and Irina Kazakevich were outside the top 60 yesterday, but, as Mikhail Shashilov said, no one demanded a result from them in this race, and it was just necessary to pass the run-in at a height. Kristina Reztsova had a rest the day before, and Ulyana Nigmatullina showed the ability to add great on the last lap, and that's why she was put in the finisher position in the relay. At a short 6-kilometer distance, the Russians should give their all and seriously claim victory in the race.
In duels, we will risk playing for French women against Norwegian women – a very tempting coefficient for "tricolor" is offered in this confrontation. Again, the Polkas must beat the finks, as they look better and better with each new stage. Almost all the Baltic girls liked it on Friday, so you can try to play for Estonians against Americans. Well, you can take Italians against Ukrainians in the express, who, instead of support and help to get out of the crisis, began to compost their brains with "important" pre-Olympic instructions not to speak Russian in Beijing and refuse to take photos with Russians.
