Johannes Be won the pursuit race, Prima was the best of the Ukrainians

The legendary Norwegian scored a golden double with the support of his fans.

On Saturday, March 18, as part of the Biathlon World Cup stage in Norwegian Holmenkollen, the men’s pursuit race was held.

The winner of the race was the representative of Norway, Johannes Boe, who made one miss in four shots. The Norwegian managed to get a golden double, showing the result – 32.34.0

Second place was taken by Frenchman Quentin Fillon Maillet, who was seventh at the start. He was able to pass all the shooting cleanly, which allowed him to win the silver.

The top three was closed out by Norwegian Sturla Legreyd, who started fifth. The biathlete was second for a long time, but at the last line he made a mistake, which cost him the second position. As a result, he came third at the finish line, almost 50 seconds behind the leader.

As for Ukrainian athletes, the best results were shown by Artem Prima. The biathlete came to the finish line in 37th place, almost four minutes behind.

Anton Dudchenko not missed, allowing him to climb nearly two dozen places higher. Bogdan Tsymbal started 44th but had five penalties, which affected his result, which worsened.

Pursuit results. Man

1. Johannes-Thingnes Be (0+0+1+0) 32:34.0
2. Quentin Fillon-Maillet (0+0+0+0+0) +32.7
3. Sturla Legrade (0+0+0+0+1) +49.1
…
37. Artem Prima (1+1+1+0) +3:49.9
39. Anton Dudchenko (0+0+0+0+0) +4:13.8
53. Bogdan Tsymbal (1+1+2+1+1) +5:42.4

Note that the women’s sprint race will also take place today. The start is scheduled at 16:00. throughout Kyiv. Ukraine will be represented by: Elena Bilosiuk, Anastasia Merkushina, Yuliya Dzhima, Daria Blashko and Lyubov Kipyachenkova. The online broadcast of the race is available at ISPORT.ua.

Remember that the schedule and results of all races of the season are available on ISPORT.