Swede Martins Ponsiulom finished fourth, another Norwegian Johannes Dahl-Sevdahl finished fifth, and Frenchman Kentin Fillon Mayet finished sixth, all of them making three mistakes in the shooting.
Rastorgujev did not make a mistake in the first three firing lines, but in the last shooting he measured two penalty laps, finishing in 22nd place in the competition of 58 athletes and losing two minutes and 9.7 seconds to Be.
In the pursuit at the first stage of the World Cup, Rastorgujev, starting with the 31st number, was able to move up to the 22nd position during the competition, but finished in the 29th place. In the second stage a week ago, he also ranked 29th.
The Latvian biathlete’s best result in the pursuit was in the 2013/2014 season, when he managed to win the fourth place in Oberhof. Last season, Rastorgujev started five times in pursuit at the World Cup stages, winning the highest place at the final stage of the season in Holmenkollen, where he ranked 18th with six shooting mistakes. At the World Championships in Oberhof, he finished ninth with two shooting errors.
Norwegian Johannes Tingnes Bae won the World Cup in this discipline in the previous season, followed by his teammate Sturl Holm Legreid and Frenchman Kentin Fillon Mayet. Rastorgujev took 30th place. Johannes Tingnes Bae also won the world championship.
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On Thursday, in the women’s sprint competition, Annie Keita Sabule and Sandra Buliņa took 79th and 82nd place, respectively, without qualifying for the pursuit.
The third stage of the World Cup will end on Sunday with a competition with a joint start.
There are nine rounds in the World Cup series this season, with the crystal globes handed out in mid-March at the Canadian circuit in Kenmore. The next stage will take place in the first week of January at the German circuit in Oberhof.
The World Championship will take place from February 7 to 18 in Nove Mesto, and the European Championship will take place from January 21 to 28 at the Slovakian track in Osrbl.
2023-12-16 18:33:34
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