It was decided at the last shooting range of the last race of the season Biathlon World Cup 2019/2020, which he saw triumphing once again Dorothea Wierer, top athlete of the Italian national team and of Flakes Team. The Finnish stage of Kontiolahti, in fact, was the last act of the international event, after the IBU (International Biathlon Union) chose to cancel the Oslo test due to the ongoing health emergency. And so everything was decided in the Pursuit race, where Dorothea Wierer presented herself 8 points ahead of her Norwegian rival Tiril Eckhoff in the overall standings, but with 50 seconds to recover at the starting line.
The race seemed to turn to an unfavorable ending to the blue, but the twist arrives at the fourth and last polygon: the Norwegian misses three targets, Dorothea Wierer only one. The ending is heart-pounding: Wierer mends the disadvantage, keeps the Scandinavian at a safe distance and still writes the history of Biathlon. After being the first Italian to win the World Cup last season, Dorothea signs an encore and raises the crystal ball to the sky for the second consecutive year.
“Congratulations to Dorothea for this wonderful feat. She is truly a champion who never ceases to surprise us - said the President Stefano Fiocchi - That the World Cup was decided at the last shooting range is a source of pride for all of us: Dorothea's class and the reliability of our ammunition have once again proved to be a winning combination ”.