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On the shooting range, the Lithuanian “won” two minutes of penalty (shot 1 + 1 + 0 + 0) and for the third time this season he reached the top 60. By the way, he also managed to do it two more times in a personal match: G.Leščinskaitė was 54 in Kontiolahti and 55 in Antholce on the World Cup stage.
The Lithuanian biathlete has achieved a top position only once, in 2015, when she was ranked 39th in the World Championships. Meanwhile, in Pokliuka, G.Leščinskaitė also competed in 4×7.5 km mixed relays (17th place) and 7.5km sprint (61st place).
“I consider the start of the World Cup satisfactory. The main objectives were to get into the chase or to improve the place of the individual match overall during all the championships. I didn’t either, so there was little joy. I cannot single out one of the most successful starts, because they were all very different in terms of both conditions and well-being, ”commented G. Leščinskaitė on the performance at the World Championship.
This season, in personal competitions, the Lithuanians shoot an impressive 91.25 percent. precision. Progress is also reflected in positions: seven of the top ten career results have been achieved in recent years.
“This fact is something particularly gratifying, because with two fines it would be possible to take a much higher place, for which I am especially disappointed today. Of course I am happy with the good shot in this match, but I am still going a long and difficult road towards self-confidence, ”said G. Leščinskaitė.
Another Lithuanian biathlete Natalija Kočergina ranked 69th in the 15km personal run. Mūsiškė made a mistake four times (1 + 3 + 0 + 0).
Czech Marketa Davidova (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) won the World Championship gold, 27.9 sec. beat the Olympic champion of this match Sweden Hannah Oeberg (0 + 0 + 1 + 0) and 1 min. 4 sec. – Norwegian Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold (0 + 1 + 0 + 0). Meanwhile, the small glass globe of this match was shared by two athletes: the Italian Dorothea Wierer and the oyster Lisa Theresa Hauser.
So far, the highest place occupied by Lithuanian biathletes in this world championship is the 40th place won by Karolis Dombrovskis in the men’s sprint competition.
The 20 km men’s personal race, in which three Lithuanians will participate, will take place on Wednesday at 3.30 pm.
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