Biathlon forecast: Men's individual race in Anterselva

Match of the day Biathlon forecast: Men's individual race in Anterselva
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On Thursday, January 20, the last pre-Olympic stage of the Biathlon World Cup starts, which will be held in the Italian Razun-Anterselva, or Antholz, as this town is sometimes also called. We bring to your attention the forecast for the men's individual race for 20 km.

Despite the proximity of the Olympic Games in Beijing, most of the top biathletes decided to climb the Italian mountains and run a biathlon marathon for men. From the top 10 of the overall standings, only Sebastian Samuelsson will not run, but almost the entire main Swedish national team did not come here, and for Samuelsson, the individual race is far from the most crowning discipline. Before the upcoming race, bookmakers identified three favorites: the owner of the yellow jersey of the season's leader, Frenchman Kentin Fillon-Maillet, as well as two Norwegians - Sturla Legrade and Johannes Be.

But predicting the favorite in an individual race is always a thankless task, more like a lottery. And even the 3.50 coefficient suggests a too cheap answer to risk a bet. There is always a reason to look for options with higher coefficients. In addition, it is difficult to assess in training which of the athletes has adapted better to working at altitude. Yes, Legrade traditionally looks like a favorite in this form, closing almost 92% of its targets this season, but Sturla has not made friends with speed after hard performances since Ostersund. There he still had enough margin to win the "individual", but it will be much more difficult in Anterselva. The fact is that forecasters predict extreme wind strengthening here, and gusts will reach 25 m/s. Therefore, any bet here is more like a lottery. We will take a chance to play on Tarja Be, who looked great in functional terms at the German stages, and he shoots well this season – more than 87% of accurate hits.

In duels, we will bet on the experienced Simon Eder, who knows how to tame any wind and just loves individual races. Let's try to play Legrade in the confrontation with Fillon-Maillet - after all, the coefficient above "two" for a duel is very decent. In the Norwegian confrontation, he will play on the Vetle of Christiansen against Johannes Boe, who is somehow doing very badly with shooting this season. And among Russians, Alexander Povarnitsyn should be taller than Karim Khalili, given that Sasha still has a lot to prove, while Karim has already been approved in the main composition of the Olympic team, and he does not have to jump above his head. Povarnitsyn may have chances, as the situation still looks alarming around Eduard Latypov, who continues to be "pickled" in quarantine for more than two weeks.

Tip: Tarjei Be will win
 
12.50 Make a bet
Tip: Eder is higher than the Fact
Played
1.90 Make a bet
Tip: Legrade above Fillon-Maillet
Played
2.05 Make a bet
Tip: Povarnitsyn is taller than Khalili
 
2.35 Make a bet
Tip: Christiansen is taller than Johannes Be
 
2.40 Make a bet
Source: LiveResult.Ru
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