Markéta Davidová won the fighter race at the World Championships in summer biathlon and in Nové Město na Moravě she followed up on gold from the super sprint and silver from the sprint. Michal Krčmář defended the most valuable metal among men. The Czech juniors also shone, occupying all three medal positions.
The junior race in the Vysočina Arena ended with an absolute Czech triumph. Tomáš Mikyska followed the gold from the sprint, Jonáš Mareček moved to the second place and Vítězslav Hornig finished silver from the sprint.
This year’s biathlon world champion from the endurance race, Davidová, fought her way to the title thanks to clean shooting items after standing three mistakes before lying down and had to always pull back to the front in the running section. In the finish, as in the super sprint, she narrowly defeated Julia Dzimova from Ukraine.
“We tried it on Friday, but I have to say I didn’t trust her so much today. But I think she knew how to look at me too. It was a fight, but it’s good until winter, to try this, “David said in an interview for Czech Television.
The innkeeper showed a sovereign performance in the fighter, he spoiled his net shooting balance only with the fourth shot on the last item. “I shot well, confidently and quite quickly. The vocal cords of the fans also helped me a lot, that was the rhythm in which I shot,” Krčmář said on the association’s website.
He started the final lap with almost half a minute lead over his closest opponents and he certainly defended the lead. “Two titles are very nice, but I stay on my feet. I know what the competition was like here. I was a favorite and I’m glad I fulfilled the role,” he said, thanking the audience for their support. “They cheered great and their return to the stands is perhaps the biggest victory.”
Florent Claude from Belgium finished second in 15.7 seconds. The Czech success was underlined by the fifth place Mikuláš Karlík, who lost 18.4 seconds, Jakub Štvrtecký finished eighth after unsuccessful shooting.
Other Czech representatives were deprived of better position by inaccurate shooting. Lucie Charvátová took 23rd place with nine penalties, Tereza Vinklárková was behind her with four mistakes, Natálie Jurčová finished 28th with eight laps and Eliška Teplá was 35 with seven. Adam Václavík missed nine times and took 32nd place.
Biathlon World Championships on roller skis in Nové Město na Moravě (Žďársko) – fighter race:
Men (10 km): 1. Krčmář (CZ) 27: 01.5 (1 penalty circuit), 2. Claude (Belg.) -15.7 (4), 3. Kostukov (RUS) -15.9 (1),… 5. Karlík -18.4 (2), 8. Štvrtecký -28.4 (6), 32. Václavík (all CR) – 3: 19.6 (9).
Women (7.5 km): 1. Davidová (CZ) 20: 57.3 (3 penalty circuits), 2. Džimová (UKR) -0.8 (1), 3. Derbuševová (RUS) -8 , 4 (0),… 23. Charvátová -2: 22,8 (9), 24. Vinklárková -2: 23,3 (4), 28. Jurčová -2: 46,7 (8), 35. Teplá (all CR) 3: 33,4 ( 7).
Juniors (10 km): 1. Mikyska 27: 56.1 (5 laps), 2. Mareček -4.3 (2), 3. Hornig -8.0 (5),… 10. Kocián -1: 39.5 (1), 18. Mánek -2: 41.8 (4), 21. Kabrda (all CR) -2: 58.6 (6).
Juniors (7.5 km): 1. Shevchenko (RUS) 21: 52.5 (2), 2. Martonova (ROU) -31.0 (3), 3. Bulinova (LVA) -38.9 (4),… 6. Voborníková -1: 12,3 (5), 10. Jandová -2: 20,5 (2), 14. Masaříková -2: 37,1 (2), 16. Pavlů (all CR) -2: 49,4 (2).
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