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The winner was the Norwegian Vetle Sjostad Kristiansen, who, after shooting flawlessly, reached the finish line in 22 minutes and 27.2 seconds. The Italian biathlete Tommaso Giacomel, who measured one penalty lap, was 16.9 seconds behind and was second, but the winner’s compatriot Tarjei Be completed the top three, who shot without mistakes, but lost 20.1 seconds to Christiansen at the finish.
Renārs Birkentāls took 37th place, earned points in the overall standings and qualified for Sunday’s pursuit, while Edgars Mise reached 86th place in the competition of 104 participants.
Andrejs Rastorgujevs at the start
Men’s biathlon World Cup sprint. Andrejs Rastorgujevs starts1min
Rastorgujev went on the track first, thereby attracting more attention to himself both in the starting area and on the track.
Andrei Rastorguyev’s first shooting
Men’s biathlon World Cup sprint. Andrei Rastorguyev’s first shooting1min
In the first prone shoot, Rastorgujev hit all the targets, improving his chances of fighting for a high place in the discipline, where he had never been higher than the fourth tenth place this season.
Andrey Rastorguyev’s second shooting
Men’s biathlon World Cup sprint. Andrei Rastorguyev’s second shooting1min
In the second firing line, Andrejs fired the first bullet while standing up, but the follow-up was perfect.
Andrej Rastorgujev at the finish line
Men’s biathlon World Cup sprint. Andrej Rastorgujev’s finish0min
At the finish, Andrei was separated from the winner by one minute and 2.0 seconds.
Birkenthal measured the only penalty circle after the first shot, and in the next line of fire he closed all the targets. Misem had one intact target each in both shooting ranges.
At the end of the fifth stage of the World Cup, the pursuit distance competition for both women and men will take place on Sunday. In the women’s competition, Latvia will be represented by Baiba Bendika, who finished fourth in the sprint results table on Friday.
The Latvian women’s quartet did not reach the finish line in the classical relays previously held in Rūpolding and ranked 17th, but the men achieved the best result in recent seasons, rising to 12th place.
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