Estonian ladies had joined their husbands for a basic trip. In a tight race to the first relay bag, our northern neighbor RenÄ Zahna ran home Tomas Mikiskas. That’s why, in the introduction of the second stage, Kristo Sä«mer had the opportunity to enjoy the close-ups of television. The Estonian Cinderella story closes in the third line of fire. Coming to the first place on the carpet, our Sämer was not able to successfully adjust the optics of his weapon and with eight of them he still did not close two targets. yes, somewhere behind Latvia.
Czech biathlete Michal Krä mars was the first to escape from the fourth heat, but Tarjei Bä had a shortfall of less than eight seconds and had already met Norway at the halfway point of the relay. Five seconds lead for the national team of Lithuania. Johannes Tinjes Bä’s stage further increases Norway’s advantage, before the last seven and a half kilometers the lead of the main favorites over the following Swedes reached half a minute.
This stage brought an unexpected result. In the last one of the series, the Norwegians have already completed their stages and watched as Vettel’s Ostad Kristiansen earns three penalties and gives the Swedish quartet the victory in the relay. Sebastians SÄ muelsons successfully tied the gifts presented by a series of neighbors, hitting five out of five in one series. With the Swedish flag in his hands, Sämuelson crossed the finish line, allowing himself to experience a surprise in the world championship men’s relay.
Viktors Brant, Jespers Nä«lsen and Martins Ponsiluoma, who performed the relay for the first time as world champions together with Samuelson in the last stage, were killed.
Super Skräll! 🤯
Grattis Team Sweden – our new Men Relay World Champions! ð¤¯#NMNM24 #biathlon pic.twitter.com/BRz8jZhc0q
— International Biathlon Union (@biathlonworld) February 17, 2024
Christensen’s victory did not allow Johannes Tinjes BÄ“ to overtake his legendary compatriot Åle Einar BjerndÄLen in the total number of gold medals won at the world championships.
RenÄram BirkentÄlam is doing relatively well until the ninth one. Talsenieks closed the first eight goals without any problems, but the last two had problems. Birkentälam needed all three spare cartridges to avoid a penalty round. Birkentäls reached the 16th position in the first relay, 51 seconds behind the leaders. Edgars Mise used three spare cartridges in his relay stage, as well as the team that performed the first stage without penalty. Mise was in 17th position for the transfer to the second stage.
Hopes for a top 15 position for the Latvian quartet were ruined by the failure of Aleksandar Patrijukas in the sixth leg of the relay. The performer of the third stage failed to close two goals, going for an additional 300-meter dive next to the shooting range. Andrejs Rastorgujevs was sent to the track in the 22nd position, beating the athletes who were not caught in the lap. Alåksnietis lifted Latvia up by several positions, sprinting to the finish line with his northern neighbor Raido Renkel. Practically in the photo finish, Rastorgujevs beat the Estonian by a tenth of a second, giving Latvia 16th place.
World Championship in Nove Mesto, relay for men
SelectionKļ.Time1.Sweden0+91:16.22.62.Norway4+11+11.83.France3+13+12.84.Italy1+8+51.65.USA0+8+1:22.26.Italy1+11+1: 44.17. Czech Republic0+6+2:23.48.Finland1+11+2:23.99.Poland0+7+3:11.610.Kazakhstan0+10+3:11.615.Romania0+11+4:29.516.Latvia2+14+4.49. 317. Estonia5+13+4:49.4
24 teams participated.
