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The Lithuanian team, consisting of Natalija Kočergina and Tomas Kaukėnas, was among the most accurate teams: they used only 7 additional rounds during 8 shooting stages and did not make a single lap.
The selection for the Beijing Olympics next year adds the points of the 12 best performances in the Nations Cup: 6 sprints, 3 relays, 1 personal run, mixed relays and mixed unit relays. Lithuanians who have scored 85 points in the savings bank will not have to turn their heads because of the last game.
“It just came to our notice then. If we start counting, we have two good sprints on our account. I think we now have a good and mixed unit relay. Good traditional relays are still missing, but there is time and everything will be possible. We will definitely collect good starts. individually, and the relay should be successful for all four. This is rare, but I think it will be, “said T. Kaukėnas, who is adjusting to the third Games of his career.
Currently, the Lithuanian men’s team is ranked 16th in the selection for the Beijing Games. The Top-20 would guarantee the right to delegate to the entire relay team at the Olympic Games, that is, four athletes.
By the way, for N. Kočergina it was the second competition of the day; also participated in the traditional mixed relay competition, in which the Lithuanian team ranked 22nd. In the units’ mixed relay race, ours climbed to the top 16 after the first shooting range and did not leave it until the end of the race. After the last shootout, in which he made no mistakes, T. Kaukėnas slipped 16th, but on the last lap he overtook and overtook the Swiss Sebastian Stalder.
“Before the last shot, I got to the shooting range a little bit slower so I could breathe more and make the shot easier. The athletes before me broke down a bit and tried to make up for it with a quick shot.
I shot as fast as I could and it’s fun to hit them all, T. Kaukėnas was happy. – The Swiss went in front of me, but he seemed tired. And I was feeling tired too, but after a long descent, during which I rested, I overtook the Swiss, although he didn’t even try to fight me. I can’t say I beat him because he just stopped fighting. It was an interesting competition, it was fun. “
The winners of the contest were the French Julia Simon and Emilien Jacquelin, who were 38.7 sec. edged Swedish silver winners Hann Oeberg and Sebastian Samuelsson and 43.9 sec. the bronze-trimmed Norwegians Tiril Eckhoff and Johannes Thingnes Boe.
The Lithuanian team was 3 minutes away. 16.5 sec. Teams from 25 countries participated in the competition.
T. Kauknas is one of the team’s biathletes who has already contracted the COVID-19 virus. Up to six biathletes and Czech biathletes received the news of the positive test yesterday. It is noted that the biathletes who returned to the World Cup after this disease show a significantly deteriorated sport form, which cannot recover even in a month.
“It just came to our knowledge then. Having been ill, I had to rush back to cancer due to the years of selection for the Olympics. Until the new year everything was really too fast, maybe there was a little stretching, because after of the disease had to go into a slower and steep form. I had to force it, which does not bring long-term benefits. During the festive period I managed to train well. To this day, the sport form is what it is, I don’t know if more can be done. There is still time before the World Cup, I hope I can improve my form even more, because before the season it was definitely better. The virus has seriously beaten cancer, “said T. Kaukėnas.
The fifth round of the World Cup will also take place in Oberhof. It will start on Wednesday in the men’s 10 km sprint race.
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