World Cup biathlon: women’s team of Ukraine won bronze in the relayUkrainian team in biathlon/Archival photos: biathlon.com.ua

Silver was won by team Sweden

16.03.19 4400

In Ostersund, Sweden ended the women’s relay race in the framework of the biathlon world Championships.

This is the official website of the competition.

Ukrainka is the beginning of the race was in the group of leaders, in particular Merkushina Irina passed the baton in 4th place.

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Next, the three winners of the Ukrainian Quartet led Olympic champion Vita Semerenko Julia Jim. And the final stage Valentina Semerenko in the fight against the national team of Sweden, USA, Russia and Germany took 3rd place.

In the end, Ukrainka left behind from the victorious racing team Norway 35.1 seconds. At the same time, teams of German and Russian Ukrainka was ahead by 0.5 and 3.1 seconds, respectively. Silver was won by team Sweden.

As previously reported by the Focus:

  • March 10 in östersund 27-year-old native of Ternopil pidruchnuy Dmytro became the champion of the world biathlon Championships in the pursuit race at 12.5 km.
  • Ukrainian biathlete Olena Pidhrushna explained why prematurely ended the season.

  • The winner of the Big Globe in 2018, Finnish biathlete Kaisa Makarainen lost his sporting rifle on the way to the world Cup.

  • The international biathlon Union (IBU) has opened a doping case against four current and former Russian biathlon Evgeny Ustyugov, Svetlana Sleptsova, Alexander Pechenkina and Alexander Chernyshov.