Only one of the two Ukrainians who took the start finished in the pursuit.
On Sunday, March 10, the eighth stage of the Biathlon World Cup 2023/24in the American Salt Lake City ended with the men's pursuit race.
Ukraine was represented in it by Artem Prima and Anton Dudchenko, who, based on the results of the sprint, started in 39th and 40th positions respectively.
Two more Ukrainians, Vitaly Mandzyn and Dmitry Pidruchny, were supposed to start the race 48th and 55th, respectively, but did not make it to the start.
Of the two Ukrainian biathletes, only Dudchenko reached the finish line, and with two penalty laps he became 40th. Prima decided to retire at the equator of the race after three misses in the first two shooting ranges.
The pursuit race was won by Norwegian Johannes Bjo. His brother Tarjei Biot came second, and Frenchman Emilien Jacquelin completed the top three.
Biathlon World Cup 2023/24: results of the men's pursuit race in Salt Lake City
1. Johannes Bjo (Norway, 0+0+0+1) 30:02.0
2. Tarjei Bjo (Norway, 1+0+1+0) +6.4
3. Emilien Jacquelin (France, 0+0+3+0)+7.1
4. Sturla Laegreid (Norway, 0+0+1+1)+7.7
5. Sebastian Samuelsson (Sweden, 0+2+0+1)+40.5
6. Tommaso Giacomel (Italy, 0+1+1+1) +48.8
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40. Anton Dudchenko (Ukraine, 0+0+1+1) +4:21.4
Artem Prima (Ukraine, 2+1) – did not finish
Earlier on March 10 in Salt Lake -City hosted the women's pursuit race, which was won by the Frenchwoman Lou Jeanmonnot. The only Ukrainian, Yulia Dzhima, finished 22nd.
We would like to add that the final, ninth stage of the current Biathlon World Cup will be hosted by Canadian Canmore on March 14-17.
Where to watch Biathlon World Cup races
On the territory of Ukraine, all Biathlon World Cup races will be broadcast on the Suspilne Sport website, as well as on local Suspilne Broadcasting channels (Suspilne Kiev, Suspilne Poltava, etc.) .
You can also watch the races on the online television platform Kyivstar TV on the Suspilne Kyiv channel. And with the promotional code TSNUA, get premium access to the film and television platform for 7 days.