On the eve of the first stage of the Biathlon World Cup, Ukrainians started at the Norwegian Open Championship in the women's race with a massive start.

So, at the start came 6 representatives of Ukraine. The highest result was shown by Vita Semerenko, who finished fifth.

More in the top 10, none of the Ukrainians did not hit, but all the representatives of our country were in the top 20.

We should note that Yulia Jima did not start at the start, although his participation was announced the day before.

The leader of the national team missed the mass start, like the sprint, because of a previous illness.

Women. Mass start 1. Marthe Olsby (1 + 0 + 0 + 0) 36: 45.5 2. Anais Beskon (1 + 1 + 0 + 0) +25.0 3. Sunniewe Soulemdal (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) +31.6.

Vita Semerenko (2 + 0 + 1 + 0) +49.9 11. Irina Varvinets (0 + 0 + 0 + 1) +1: 33.8 13. Anastasia Merkushina (0 + 0 + 0 + 2) +1: 56.5 18. Darya Blashko (0 + 0 + 1 + 0) +2: 09.2 19. Olga Abramova (1 + 0 + 2 + 0) +2: 11.1.