On Saturday, January 22, at the seventh stage of the Biathlon World Cup 2021/22, the women's relay race was held in Antgolts, Italy.

Norway won the relay.

The national team of Ukraine performed in the following composition: Valentina Semerenko, Daria Blashko, Anastasia Merkushina, Elena Belosyuk and finished 11th.

Semerenko made three misses in the first shooting. She passed the baton tenth.

Blaschko used two extra rounds and finished in 13th position.

Merkushina made 4 misses in shooting and went to the penalty loop.

Belosyuk hit all the targets without misses in the first shooting and made two misses in the second.

First, Yulia Jima was announced at the third stage, but it was decided to replace her with Merkushina. Later, the coaching staff decided to return the composition to the original one, but Merkushina came to the start of the race.

Norway - 1. 12.54 (1-10) 2. Russia - 24.6 (3-12) 3. France - 32.

6 (0-13) 11. Ukraine - 1. 50.9 (1-10) On January 23, at the stage in Antgolts, the men's mass start will also take place, but Ukraine will not be represented there.

In total, 10 World Cup events are planned for this season.. In addition, biathletes compete at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing from February 5 to 19, 2022..

Biathlon season 2021/22 will close the last stage of the World Cup in the Norwegian Golmenkollen, which is scheduled for March 17-20.