Dorothea Wierer won the mass start of Biathlon World Cup disputed in Anterselva, last test on the maximum circuit before the Beijing 2022 Olympics. Appeared in best seasonal form, the South Tyrolean showed all his class with a test of courage and tenacity, only arrived in the final meters of the 12.5 km with a great recovery on the French Chevalier-Bouchet.
The greatness of the 31-year-old bearer of the Fiamme Gialle came out when, despite the two errors in the first two polygons, he found zero when he counted, staging a splendid comeback ended on the last climb. His final time was 35'58 ″ 7. Second position for the Belarusian Dzinara Alimbekava, arrived at 3 ″ 7 with a shooting error and third position for Chevalier-Bouchet sunk to 11 ″ 6 (a mistake).
The other Italian in the race Lisa Vittozzi lingered: the sappadina ran into another bad day at the shooting range - with 5 errors already on the first lap -, ending with 9 total errors and a delay of more than 4 minutes from the teammate (source: CONI).