In prone shooting, Rastorgujev missed the third and fourth shots, falling to 29th place and losing two minutes and 40 seconds to the leader, but after the last shooting he measured another penalty lap, taking 29th place with three penalty laps and losing three minutes to the winner J.Be and 46.1 seconds.
Birkenthal, who started two minutes and two seconds behind Bae, missed the fourth shot in the second shooting, taking 43rd place after prone shooting.
In both shooting stages, Birkenthal made a mistake once, finishing in 48th place and losing four minutes and 56.2 seconds to J.Be.
In the fight for victory, both Tarjei Bä and Sweden’s Sebastian Samuelsson earned a penalty lap in the first shootout, with Norway’s Sturl Holm Lægreid taking the lead.
After two rounds, he was followed by Samuelsson, Bay and France’s Emilien Jaquelin, who shot on target to move up from 13th to fourth.
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On the other hand, after the third shooting range, Norwegian Johannes Tingnes Bä, who was only in 11th place in the sprint, was already in the lead. He was followed by Legreids and Jaquelin, behind whom three more Norwegians ranked, T. Be falling to sixth place with two penalty laps.
J. Be was accurate in the last shooting, celebrating the first victory of the season in the individual disciplines, the 75th victory in the World Cup competition and the 20th victory in the pursuit, with one error in 20 shots.
Johannes Däle, who made three mistakes in shooting and lost J.Bé by 22.6 seconds, finished second in the fight for medals among his three teammates. T. Be finished third with two errors in shooting (+28.4), Legreids (+39.2) finished fourth with two errors in the firing line.
Samuelson finished fifth with three shooting errors, Jaquelen finished sixth with two missed targets.
T. Be has become the leader in the overall standings of the World Cup with 296 points, who has overtaken Samuelson, who has nine points less, while J. Be is third with 229 points. Rastorgujev with 90 points is one place lower, occupying the 23rd position, while Birkenthal is in the 61st position with three points.
Samuelson is the leader in the chase with 135 points, J.Be has 116 points, and T.Be has 110 points. Rastorgujev has climbed to 27th place with 24 points.
