Vitaly Mandzin won the bronze medal at the Summer Biathlon World Championship despite one penalty loop.

The Ukrainian made the only mistake on the third of four firing lines. Having worked flawlessly at the final shooting, Vitali climbed to fourth place, and then at the finish line he was ahead of the Czech Ondzhey Manek in the fight for the bronze medal.

This is Manjin's third top-10 finish at the 2022 Summer Biathlon World Championships.. He finished seventh in the super sprint and eighth in the sprint..

As for other Ukrainians, only Stepan Kinash managed to catch on to the top 20. With five penalty loops, he finished in 19th position..

Madzin's medal is the first for Ukraine at the Summer Biathlon World Championships.