In the Finnish Kontiolahti the mixed relay within the limits of the 7th stage of the World Cup in biathlon.

And the Ukrainian team as part of Anastasia Merkushina, Vita Semerenko, Artem Prima and Dmitry Pidruchenko won the silver award.

Fantastic fight was issued at the final distance. The First Man went first from the shooting range, winning from Norway, Italy and Russia 5 seconds. At the finish, Dmitry quite a bit lost to the experienced Italian Lucas Hofer, but managed to keep the second position of our relay four.

Note that the Ukrainians used only 3 additional patrons on 8 firing lines.

Italy (1 + 13) 1: 15:08. 3 2. Ukraine (0 + 3) +1. 5 3. Norway (0 + 9) +9. 14. Russia (0 + 7) +16. 9 5. France (2 + 6) +1: 02. 2 Recall, Julia Jima recently stopped a step away from the medal in the sprint race, finishing fourth. At the same position finish Irina Varvinets, along with Artem Tishchenko in the supermix.