A Ukrainian narrowly missed the top 10 – everything was going perfectly until one detail intervened <\/p>\n
The men’s and women’s pursuit races at the final stage of the World Cup concluded in Holmenkollen, Norway. Ukrainian biathletes showcased a fierce battle for top positions.<\/p>\n
RBC-Ukraine reports this, citing the results of the competitions.<\/p>\n
Also read: Turbulent season finale: Ukraine’s results in the final relays of the biathlon World Cup<\/strong><\/p>\n Thriller in the men’s pursuit: Mandzin stopped just short of the top 15<\/p>\n The only representative of Ukraine in the men’s race was Vitaliy Mandzin, who started in 17th place.<\/p>\n The start of the distance was extremely successful for the Ukrainian: thanks to impeccable shooting at the first stages, he managed to climb to 11th position and even entered the top eight.<\/p>\n However, one delay at the shooting range spoiled the score – a penalty loop pushed Vitaliy back.<\/p>\n In the final stretch of the race, Mandzin couldn’t maintain the pace of his competitors and finished in 18th place.<\/p>\n The fate of the gold was decided in an incredible showdown between Norwegian Sturla Laegreid and Frenchman Eric Perrot.<\/p>\n The athletes finished simultaneously, and only the photo finish technology awarded victory to the representative of Norway. Emilien Jacquelin claimed the bronze medal.<\/p>\n World Cup. Pursuit. Men:<\/p>\n …<\/p>\n Women’s race: Merkusina and Dmitrenko in points<\/p>\n In the women’s competition, Ukraine was represented by Oleksandra Merkusina (who had the 14th starting number) and Kristina Dmitrenko.<\/p>\n Both athletes showed significant progress at the start of the race: Merkusina was close to the top ten, while Dmitrenko gained 15 positions after the first half of the distance.<\/p>\n A key moment for Oleksandra was her last visit to the shooting range. Two misses pushed her out of the top twenty, and she ultimately finished in 32nd place.<\/p>\n Kristina Dmitrenko, despite almost perfect accuracy (only one miss), finished the race in 44th place.<\/p>\n The victory was celebrated by Swedish Anna Ebergh, who narrowly defeated season leader Julia Simon by half a second in a tough battle. Elvira Ebergh completed the podium.<\/p>\n World Cup. Pursuit. Women:<\/p>\n …<\/p>\n Earlier, we reported that Ukraine surpassed its best result in the history of biathlon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A Ukrainian almost made it into the top 10 – everything was going perfectly until one detail intervened. The men’s and women’s pursuit races at the final stage of the World Cup concluded in Holmenkollen, Norway. Ukrainian biathletes showcased a strong fight for top positions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"magazine_newspaper_sidebar_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport-en"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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