The leader of the Ukrainian biathlon team Dmitry Pidruchny, who was forced to miss the end of last year and the beginning of 2023 due to knee surgery, won bronze at the IBU Cup stage in Obertiliach, Austria.

31-year-old Ukrainian biathlete took third place in the sprint. It was the first official race for him this year..

Having made one miss at the shooting range, Pidruchny lost 9.8 seconds to the winner of the race, the Norwegian Endre Stromsheim. The second was another representative of Norway, Vebjorn Serum, ahead of the Ukrainian by only 0.4 seconds..

2022/23 IBU Cup: Obertilias 1 Men's Sprint Results. Endre Stromsheim (Norway, 1+1) 24:26. 9 2. Vebjorn Serum (Norway, 1+1) +9. 4 3. Dmitry Pidruchny (Ukraine, 0+1) +9. 8 4. Alexander Fjeld Andersen (Norway, 0+1) +18. 6 5. Marte Overby (Norway, 0+1) +23. 06. Giorge Buta (Romania, 0+0) +31.

16. Artem Tishchenko (Ukraine, 1+0) +1. 15. 2 36. Taras Lesiuk (Ukraine, 0+3) +1:52. 5 38. Ruslan Tkalenko (Ukraine, 2+2) +1:56. 6 47. Sergey Telen (Ukraine, 0+2) +2:21.

3 Biathlon World Championship 2023 will be held in Oberhof, Germany from 8 to 19 February. The national team of Ukraine has already named the preliminary lineups for the planetary championship.

Recall, on January 29, the 2023 European Biathlon Championships ended in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.. At the continental championship, the Ukrainian team won three medals: Yulia Dzhima and Anton Dudchenko won silver medals in individual races, and Anastasia Merkushina won gold in the sprint.