The women's relay team of Ukraine in the composition of Anastasia Merkushina, Vita and Vali Semerenko, as well as Julia Jima finished eighth at the Biathlon World Cup stage in the Norwegian Holmenkollen.

Our team managed without penalty circles in the race, using 11 additional rounds, but in speed fell behind the winning team for 2 minutes. 36.1 seconds.

Confident victory was celebrated by France.

France (0 +6) 1:10:58. 3 2. Germany (0 + 7) +14. 4 3. Italy (0 + 8) +33. 2 4. Norway (1 + 10) +1: 26. 5 5. Switzerland (0 + 8) +1: 54. 2 6. Sweden (0 + 3) +2: 27.2.

Ukraine (0 + 11) +2: 36. 1 Thus, the Ukrainians almost lost the chance to stay in the Top 5 of the Nations Cup standings, because they lost to Norway, who finished fourth with 80 points from our team. Now, given the missed the last stage in Tyumen, the Ukrainian team can lose the maximum quota for the next season.

Recall, Ukraine previously won the award at the stage in Holmenkollen: Julia Jima finished third in the sprint.