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V. Strolia also placed 20th in the 10km sprint race held on Friday. Thanks to him and Karolis Dombrovskis (32nd), who set his career record in the sprint match, the Lithuanian team scored the most points in the country’s history – 292 – and according to today’s results reached the top 10 of the world.
V.Strolia and K. Dombrovskis made a mistake at the shooting range: the applicant fired the first shot at the second shooting range. Tomas Kaukėnas was ranked 79 (2 + 1 shots) and Linas Banys, 103 (3 + 1).
“I cannot say that the start was as successful as I asked, but I am satisfied, there is no well like Hochfilcene. So the feeling was quite bad, insecurity arose. Today I felt again that it is possible to drive fast and suffer, so the emotions They are good. Even more so because the whole team did well, we scored a lot of points “, – V. Strolia was happy.
The Lithuanian biathlete was 24th after two strokes and managed to improve his position by four more steps in the last 3.3 km. According to the speed on the track, the Lithuanian was 31º, the speed in the last lap, 25º.
“The skis were very good. The track has been rebuilt, so you have to be careful. There is a big increase in the beginning and if you overdo it, you get “excited” then it can be very bad. I did not give in to emotions, I worked with reserve to give power to all the wheels. It was worth it, everything went well, “explained V. Strolia the tactics.
In 2023, the World Biathlon Championships will take place in Oberhof. For this reason, 13 thousand. the stadium, which had seats, was rebuilt.
Photo by Cristian Manzoni / NordicFocus / Karolis Dombrovskis
“I’m glad that after the New Year I got credit points at the first start. There can always be something better, but to this day I’m satisfied. I liked that the climbs were still long and heavy, but there were fewer hairpin bends than they had to technically beat themselves. In such turns, I lost seconds, I lost speed and now there are hardly any such places, be it long take-offs or descents where I can rest. I surpassed 85 percent very well, I lacked a bit of strength on the last lap ” commented K. Dombrovskis.
The fourth Lithuanian biathlete to hit the track caught the attention of broadcast directors: not only his start, but also his second shot and finish were shown during sports TV giant Eurosport.
“The extra attention didn’t really bother me, from the beginning I just feel the advantages. It’s easier to adjust the warm-up, plus there are more possibilities on the track to have an opponent close to strength and stay behind him. said K. Dombrovskis.
V.Strolia got 21 credit points in the World Cup, and K. Dombrovskis – 9. We will both be able to complete the points saver tomorrow as they entered the chase competition.
The sprint winners of the sprint were occupied by the Norwegians: first place was taken by season leader Johannes Thingnes Boe (0 + 1), 10.8 sec. he beat his brother Tarjei Boe, who shot without errors, and 21.6 sec. – as well as the unmistakable Sturl Holm Laegreid. V.Strolia was 1 minute behind. 23 sec., K. Dombrovskis – 1 min. 52.1 sec., T. Kaukėnas – 3 min. 25.5 sec. And L. Banys – 5 min. 12.5 sec.
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