Another three medals - two golds and a bronze - which are added to the three won in Pokljuka: the bursting start of the season of the Italian biathlon team continued in Hochfilzen, Austria, where the Azzurri were the protagonists of a convincing choral performance, testified by the three medals and eight top 10 placings obtained in the six scheduled races. The main protagonist of the Azzurro team, once again, was Dorothea Wierer: the 28-year-old South Tyrolean, in fact, confirmed her extraordinary state of form, beating her main rival of this early season - the Finnish Kaisa Makarainen - climbing on the top step of the podium in the sprint race, which ended with an advantage of only six tenths of a second over the opponent and only one error at the shooting range.
On the other hand, she lacked the same precision in the following chase race, where however, despite the four mistakes made with the rifle, Dorothea managed to finish third, thus climbing on the individual podium for the fourth consecutive race, and confirming herself at the top of the standings. of the Cup. At the end of the race, the icing on the cake: the quartet made up of Lisa Vittozzi, Alexia Runggaldier, Federica Sanfilippo and Wierer herself beat the competition, winning the gold medal in the women's relay ahead of Sweden and France.
The men's team test was also positive, with Thomas Bormolini, Lukas Hofer, Dominik Windisch and Thierry Chenal who finished the men's relay in sixth place. The IBU World Cup caravan is now moving to Nove Mesto, in the Czech Republic, where the third stage of the season will be staged from 17 to 23 December.