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On Wednesday, the Lithuanians started with the same line-up as in the European Championship, where they took fourth place: the team consisted of Karolis Dombrovskis, Vytautas Strolia, Gabrielė Leščinskaitė and Natalija Kočergina. It is true that now the first men slipped on the track and did 7.5 km instead of 6 km.
K. Dombrovskis finished 16th in the first stage, V. Strolia in 17th – 17th, and G. Leščinskaitė and N. Kočergina maintained this position. The Lithuanians did not spin a single penalty wheel, instead using an additional 10 rounds. Among the 27 teams, the Austrians fired the most accurately, using only two additional rounds.
The gold medals were won by the Norwegian biathletes (Sturla Holm Laegreid, Johannes Thingnes Boe, Tiril Eckhoff and Marte Olsbu Roeiseland), who beat the Austrian silvers by 27 seconds. The Swedes, who won bronze, lost 30.6 seconds to the winners, while the Lithuanians were 5 minutes behind. 1 second.
“I can safely say that the route is quite difficult. A long climb, a very long descent, then short ascents, several turns. Technically, the track is not really easy, but access to the shooting range is easy. As they have shown the last stages of the World Cup in Pokliukas, most of the athletes shoot very well here if the wind doesn’t bother them. Much will determine how the athletes will prepare for this championship physically and technically, because the shooting will be really good for most of the teams “, – on the eve of the championship, the Pokliuka track was evaluated by the shooting coach of the Lithuanian national team Ruslanas Nikitinas.
By the way, due to the start in the European Championship, the Lithuanian team could not complete a training camp in the highlands, there was not enough time.
“Training camp went well, but it was a bit sad that we had little time to recover after the European Championship and the second quarter of the World Cup. Since ancient times, practice shows that it takes 18-20 days to make the most of acclimatization and get the mountain effect. We stayed for a week, we had many discussions about how to do it, whether to go up to the mountains or not. We thought the championship was going very high, so we decided to get up so that the body could adapt at least a bit to pressure, ”said R. Nikitin.
The men’s 10 km sprint will be held at the World Championships on Friday. In addition to the members who started in the mixed relay race, Tomas Kaukėnas and Linas Banys also made it to the championship in Slovenia.
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