Latvia will participate in the mixed relays – Bendika and Rastorgujevs will start in the pairs relay – Ziemas sports – Sportacentrs.com

• Two relays are expected today at the Biathlon World Cup stage in Antholz. at At 13:55 the pairs relay will take place, and at 15:45 the mixed relay. Live broadcast of both competitions on LTV7 channel.

• 25 countries will participate in the pairs relay and Latvia is also among the participants. It is planned that Latvia will be represented today by Baiba Bendika and Andrejs Rastorgujevs.

• This time the ladies will start first, thus Bendika will play the first and third stages, and Rastorgujevs the second and fourth.

• This will be the second pairs relay this season. The Swedes won the first stage on the Esteshund track in Sweden, while Latvia, with Rastorgjeva and Anni Sabuli, ranked 20th.

• Rastorgujev started the Antholz stage successfully, taking 13th place in the shortened classic (15 kilometers), while Bendika did not do so well, with the 11th best skiing speed, 12 errors in shooting and 91st place.

• In the mixed relay, 24 countries will start and the Latvian quartet will also participate in this discipline. Latvia will be represented in this distance by Annija Sabule, Sanita Buliņa, Renārs Birkentāls and Edgars Mise.

• Sabule will start first, Sanita Buliņa will take the second stage, Birkentāls the third, and Mise – the final, fourth.

• This will be the second mixed relay of the season. France won the first one, but Latvia with the Buliņas sisters, Renārs Birkentāls and Aleksandras Patrijukas ranked 17th.

• On Sunday, the competition in Antholz will end with the mass start disciplines. Currently, Andrejs Rastorgujevs from Latvia has qualified for them.

The 6th stage of the World Cup in Antholz

DateCompetitionTime18.01.15 km short classic for men15.2019.01.12.5 km short classic for women14.4020.01.Mixed pairs relay13.55Mixed relay15.4521.01.15 km mass start for men13.3012.5 km mass start for women15.45

Biathlon season calendar

DatesPlaceCompetition25.11.-03.12.Esteschund (SWE)PK 1st stage08.-10.12.Hochfilzen (AUS)PK 2nd stage14.-17.12.Lencerheide (SUI)PK 3rd stage04.-07.01.Oberhof (GER)PK 4. stage 10.-14.01.Rupolding (GER)PK 5th stage 18.-21.01.Antholca (ITA)PK 6th stage 24.-28.01.Brezno-Osrblie (SVK) European Masters 07.-18.02.Nove Mesto (CZE) World Masters 29.02 .-03.03.Oslo (NOR)PK 7th stage08.-10.03.Utah (USA)PK 8th stage14.-17.03.Canmore (CAN)PK 9th stage

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