On Sunday, February 12, the men's pursuit race took place at the 2023 Biathlon World Championships in Oberhof, Germany.

According to the results of the sprint, Ukraine was represented by four athletes: Dmitry Pidruchny (5th starting position, +0:53), Anton Dudchenko (21st starting position, +1:54), Bohdan Tsymbal (29th starting position, +.

Pidruchny showed the best result among Ukrainians in persuit. The captain of the Ukrainian national team with two penalty loops took eighth place.

Norwegian Johannes Be won the pursuit race. " The top three was closed by Swede Sebastian Samuelsson, ahead of Norwegian Tarjei Be at the finish line..

Biathlon World Championship 2023: men's pursuit results 1. Johannes Be (Norway, 0+0+0+0) 33:34. 5 2. Sturla Legrade (Norway, 0+0+0+0) +1:11. 2 3. Sebastian Samuelsson (Sweden, 0+0+0+2) +1:54. 14. Tarjei Be (Norway, 0+0+2+2) +1:57. 3 5. Vetle Shostad Christiansen (Norway, 0+0+0+2) +2:14. 7 6. Johannes Kuhn (Germany, 0+0+1+2) +2:27. 17. Johannes Dale (Norway, 0+1+1+3) +2:48. 28.

Dmitry Pidruchny (Ukraine, 0+0+2+0) +2:52.

20. Anton Dudchenko (Ukraine, 0+0+1+1) +3:59.2 39. Artem Prima (Ukraine, 1+0+1+2) +5:35.9 40. Bogdan Tsymbal (Ukraine, 0+1+2+1) +5:38.8 Earlier today, the women's pursuit took place at the Biathlon World Championships, where Yulia Dzhima made a dash and finished in the top 15.

The program of the planetary championship will continue on Tuesday, February 14, with an individual race for men. Start - at 15:30 Kyiv time.