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The World Biathlon Cup came from Scandinavia to the Alps, but the track for Friday’s sprints was given by the organizers in Hochfilzen in Austria as complex as a puzzle.

“There are icy places where I can not imagine going side by side more racers. I only have problems with the training itself, “says Gabriela Soukalová.

The team hotel in nearby Leogang has watery eyes. In the morning they were red for change. “I’ve been fighting for two months, Tearing and a little angry,” she says.

“Maybe it’s an allergy,” said Ondřej Rybář, director of photography.

His trust is trying to avoid this complication of her psyche even in the slightest.Relaxing in opera comedy and in the car to the stadium as well as to the training, others sing the melodious tapes. In the evening, the hotel welcomes its parents and parents of a friend, Peter Koukal, who have come to Austria to cheer and sit with them for a while.

Soukalová: Let me go as soon as possible

In an altitude of 1,000 meters, an expected invasion of Czech fans is expected among the presumed 35,000 spectators. This season, the cup does not go to New Town in Moravia and Hochfilzen is not far from the border.

Only the track if it was better.

There are only 15 centimeters of snow left in some places in the local circuits after Wednesday’s heavy rain.On Thursday night it cooled down.

“So the track then froze on concrete,” says coach Zdeněk Vítek, while his niece, 27-year-old Veronika Vítková, tells: “There was ice in the morning. Then more people went through the track and got better, but the plates grew in the corners. In one stupid recliner, we have to ride a congress with Christians. There is probably enough to end up under the limit. ”

Under the limit means on the grass.

So Soukalova also said:” I want to start as soon as possible on the track in the first round as few people as possible. “The coaches fulfilled her wishes, and Vítková put her into the first draw group.Since they both belong to the top 10 cup racers, they can put them in any group at their own discretion.

Already in 1990 Jirina Adameckova became the World Cup champion, but then the yellow number of the leading cup racers was not yet received.

So far, only two Czech biathleters have been dressed in history.

Soukalova played this role during the 2014 Winter Olympics, when its owner from the first company in Östersund until mid-January, had five cups long.

In contrast, Zdeněk Vítek owned in December 2000 in the Italian Antersello a yellow number for one single race.He fought him with a sensational victory in the opening endurance race, despite one mine with a 1:06 minute lead!

“I was twenty-three, I fell straight in the yellow figure, and it was a bit down,” she remembers. “I’ve been winning a terrible stump here.”

At the start of the next sprint, he felt nervous as well. “Suddenly more people watched me than I was used to.” He missed two goals, finished tenth, and gave the yellow number again.

The Czech women’s coach Zdeněk Vítěk in times when he was racing himself

“I was not even mature at that time nor ready. Gábina is in a completely different position. She is experienced, she has experienced something, and this is not the first time. Looks good.Although in practice the bindings are different than in the race. ”

At 11.33, Soukalova sets off with Sprint number 6, right after Fince Mäkäräinen. Starting numbers of other Czechs? 14 Vítková, 17 Puskarčíková, 43 Landová, 55 Charvátová. At the start there will be a total of 107 biathlonists.

Gabriela Soukalová in Hochfilzen never stood on the individual podiums, it is not strictly “her” area. He can be nervous. But he wants to fight. “I believe he’ll be talking about it then.”