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Meanwhile, the best Lithuanian biathlete started the pre-Olympic season by showing incredible sporting form: he ranked 27th in the sprint competition held in Kontiolahti on Sunday, although he even spun two free laps.
Once upon a time, V. Strolia made a mistake shooting both lying down and standing. On Saturday, in a 20 km personal race, the Lithuanian achieved a career record, ranking 16. In the general classification of the World Cup, after the first two starts, ours is ranked 21 (39 points). .
“Every situation has a different situation. Next time, with zero speeds and the like, there may be a similar location on the track, depending on the track. It’s fun to be in the points again, I wish I had won them steadily or at least had been close to them. Shooting today was not very good, but I immediately felt the need to shoot in a hurry, there was no certainty. I sped up the second shots, made mistakes, a little sorry for them. The overall performance was not bad “, – V. Strolia evaluated the performance.
The second full lap – 3.3 km – was overtaken by Anykščiai along with the French strongman, who came in sixth place Quentin Fillon Maillet.
“I drove the second lap with him (French – aut. Past). The pace was very good. He was driving the third with a Belarusian who had just started. Good luck with the teammates, that’s also an advantage. When you feel good, you can stay , and if you’re bad, it doesn’t matter who slides next to you. Fitness is not bad for the start of the season, I surprised myself, “said V. Strolia.
Even after taking three penalty laps, Karolis Dombrovskis was ranked 55th out of 101 sprint participants. All three mistakes were made by our team in the second shooting zone, although with his usual shooting precision, he was even able to beat a teammate. In personal careers, K. Dombrovskis ran only once out of 20 and was ranked 36th.
“I will not hide my disappointment with these two starts. Yesterday the stage was changed to a distant starting number, because at the end of the track it was difficult to lift the legs with too much sugar snow. Today we have all seen what has changed the leg: the I shot. Physically, I feel quite good as I would like to start the season. But the end result is not the same at all, “said K. Dombrovskis.
Karolis Dombrovskis / PHOTO: Andrei Ivanov
Yesterday’s 36th place is the fourth best result of his career. The Lithuanian biathlete has won world points five times in his life.
“The aim of this season is to improve on the results of last year. I would like to reach the credit points more often and reach the highest places of my career in the world and European championships,” said K. Dombrovskis to the goals of the season.
The winner of the contest was the Norwegian Johannes Thingnes Boe. Last season’s World Cup owner never made a mistake for 44.1 seconds. surpassed the second classified Swedish Sebastian Samuelsson (shots 1 + 0) and 47.9 seconds. – Martin Ponsiluomas, Sweden (1 + 0).
V. Strolia was 2 minutes behind. 4.8 sec, K. Dombrovskis – 2 min. 52.2 sec., 83rd place Linas Banys – 4 min. 2.9 sec. (2 + 0), and the remaining 101 ° Maxim Fomin – 5 min. 57.3 sec. (2 + 2).
The Lithuanian team is still 13th (542 points) in the National Cup.
Sweden’s Hanna Oeberg triumphed in the women’s 7.5km sprint in 23.9 seconds. overtook Norwegian Mars Olsbu Roeiseland and 37.8 sec. – another Norwegian biathlete Karolina Offigstad Knotten. 3 min. 43.6 seconds behind Natalia Kočergina was 91 (1 + 2), 6.6 sec. Gabrielė Leščinskaitė lost to her – 94th (0 + 2).
The inaugural stage of the season with the women’s sprint competition is over. The first round of the World Cup will begin on Thursday in the same Kontiolahti.
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