IBU Cup Ridnaun: The favorite and the wasted victory

Ukrainian Merkushyna, who is competing in the senior category for the first year, dominated the women's sprint competition almost at will. Two quick and clean shooting sessions and a good pace on the course (“I have the best wax technician in the world, namely my father,” smiled the winner at the finish) gave “Nastiya” her second victory in Ridnaun, after she had already won the race on Thursday Single mix season had been successful. Second-placed Uliana Kaisheva from Russia was already 34,6 seconds behind, while Karolin Horchler in third was 50,5 seconds behind. All three biathletes on the podium shot clean.

Merkushyna may now say goodbye to Ridnaun and travel to Pokljuka for the World Cup relay competition, so that tomorrow the pursuer in the IBU Cup will take place without the confident winner of the first day.

The men's sprint in the afternoon was decided by an embarrassment. The two Russian roommates Petr Pashchenko and Dmitry Malyshko swapped their starting numbers. Malyshko achieved the best time on the 10 km course, but was running as “Pashchenko” – and was disqualified.

The beneficiary of this embarrassment (the Russians are present in Ridnaun with an entire army of supervisors, so such mistakes shouldn't happen) was the Norwegian Fredrik Gjesbakk, who also overcame a mistake in the standing position and was just ahead of Alexey Volkov from Russia (he also received a penalty loop). ) could win. David Komatz from Aigen im Ennstal (Austria) remained faultless and took a strong third place.

In contrast to the women's race, the men's race also included “Azzurri”. But none of the sextet made it into the points. The best was Thierry Chenal from the Aosta Valley, who finished in 41st place. The only starter from South Tyrol, Maikol Demetz, missed a total of three times and ended up in 50th place.

The hunting races follow in Ridnaun on Sunday. The women start at 10 a.m., the men's pursuit begins at 12.30:XNUMX p.m.

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IBU Cup Ridnaun: The favorite and the wasted victory

A favorite victory in the morning, a strange situation in the afternoon: The IBU Cup in Ridnaun also made all sorts of headlines on the day of the sprint competitions. The Ukrainian Anastasiya Merkushyna and the Norwegian Fredrik Gjesbakk were celebrated as winners.

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