Dudchenko, Borkovsky and Mandzyn finished in the top 8 in the men’s sprint
Swedish Open Biathlon Championships in Hydra today ended with two sprint racing – male and female.
In the first sprint, nine Ukrainians took the start, but none of them managed to compete for medals. But three of our compatriots immediately finished in the top 8. The sixth result showed Anton Dudchenko. Following him were located Bogdan Borkovsky And Vitaly Mandzynyesterday’s winner of the short individual race.
Three more Ukrainian athletes – Denis Nasyko, Artem Tishchenko and Taras Lesyuk – managed to take places in the top 20.
Nine Ukrainians also took part in the women’s sprint, and the best of them was Kristina Dmitrenko — stopped one step (3.7 seconds) from the pedestal. Having made only one mistake (at the first stage), Christina competed for medals until the last, but in a tense struggle she lost to two Swedes – Ella Halvarsson and Anna-Karin Heidenberg. Another representative of Sweden, Elvira Karin Oeberg, won a gold medal.
Three more Ukrainian biathletes finished in the second ten: Anna Krivonos, Elena Gorodnaya and Anastasia Merkushina.
The 2024/25 Biathlon World Cup starts on November 30, 2024 in the Finnish city of Kontiolahti and ends on March 23, 2025 in Holmenkollen, Norway. The Biathlon World Championships will be held in Lenzerheide, Switzerland from February 12 to 23, 2025.
- Swedish Open. Sprint. Men
1. Sebastian Samuelsson (Sweden, 0+1) 26:38.9
2. Jesper Nelin (Sweden, 1+1) +56.5
3. Rene Zahkna (Estonia, 0+0) +59.6
…
6. Anton Dudchenko (Ukraine, 0+1) +2:24.6
7. Bogdan Borkovsky (Ukraine, 0+1) +2:25.4
8. Vitaly Mandzyn (Ukraine, 0+2) +2:27.6
17. Denis Nasyko (Ukraine, 1+1) +3:08.0
18. Artem Tishchenko (Ukraine, 0+2) +3:09.6
20. Taras Lesyuk (Ukraine, 1+2) +3:14.3
22. Bogdan Tsymbal (Ukraine, 0+2) +3:36.3
26. Ruslan Tkalenko (Ukraine, 1+2) +3:54.6
39. Sergey Suprun (Ukraine, 1+3) +5:21.9
- Swedish Open. Sprint. Women
1. Elvira Karin Oberg (Sweden, 0+2) 23:09.2
2. Anna-Karin Heidenberg (Sweden, 0+3) +48.6
3. Ella Halvarsson (Sweden, 0+3)+50.0
4. Kristina Dmitrenko (Ukraine, 1+0) +53.7
…
14. Anna Krivonos (Ukraine, 0+1) +1:55.6
16. Elena Gorodnaya (Ukraine, 1+0) +2:06.9
17. Anastasia Merkushina (Ukraine, 0+1) +2:10.8
21. Nadezhda Belkina (Ukraine, 1+2) +2:48.0
22. Alexandra Merkushina (Ukraine, 2+0) +2:51.9
32. Daria Chalik (Ukraine, 2+3) +3:56.0
40. Liliya Steblina (Ukraine, 1+4) +4:51.9
41. Ksenia Prikhodko (Ukraine, 2+2) +4:56.2
Source: Sportarena
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