sentences:  February 28, 2007 at the Shirahatayama Open Stadium.Pietro Piller Cottrer of Italy was the defending champion.Biathlete Lars Berger, with three World Championship medals in men's biathlon (including a silver medal at the most recent championships in the 4 x 7.5 km relay at Rasen-Antholz), started early and went through half the race before snow started to fill the tracks.