Four Ukrainian biathletes qualified for the top 40 of the first individual race of the IBU Cup

Representatives of the young Ukrainian team with biathlon showed a good result in the new season of the IBU Cup. About this writes UNN with reference to Biathlon.com.ua.

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In Finnish Kontiolahti has started the new season of the IBU Biathlon Cup. The first stage was opened individual race among women.

Ukraine stated there are four biathletes at the start. These are Olexandra Merkushina, Yulia Gorodnaya, and two absolute debutants of the IBU Cup — Olena Gorodnaya and Ksenia Prikhodko, who spent the previous season at the Junior Cup. All of them covered the distance in official competitions for the first time in their careers. 15 kilometers.

Out of the app Olympic champion Elena Belosyuk remained. The first race of the year the biathlete misses due to a knee injury.

Results

The best result was shown by Olena Gorodnaya, becoming the only Ukrainian in the final Top 30. with a three-minute penalty she took 29th place, losing more than five to the winner of the competition. minutes.

The best shooting among Ukrainian women was demonstrated by Ksenia Prikhodko, who closed 19 targets out of 20. she made it to the last target of the fourth firing line, but lost it an impressive time course — 40th place in the debut start of the IBU Cup.

Olexandra Merkushina earned four free kicks minutes without closing three targets on two"beds". Because of these mistakes, Merkushina was able to finish only at the end of the scoring zone, taking 39th place with 6 minutes behind the leader.

Yulia Gorodnaya showed the fifth best time on the firing lines (1: 55.7 minutes), but made three mistakes, including two - on the final standing shooting.

The first race of the season was won by 21-year-old Frenchwoman Jeanne Richard. She by one mistake, she won her first IBU Cup victory, winning a second against Norway's Maren Kirkeide.

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