On Saturday, December 21, the third stage of the 2024/25 Biathlon World Cup in Annecy-Le-Grand-Bornan, France, continued with the women's pursuit race. Ukraine was represented by three biathletes - Yulia Dzhima (fourth starting position in the sprint), as well as Kristina Dmitrenko and Alexandra Merkushina, who started the race 22nd and 48th, respectively. The best among Ukrainian women in the Pursuit was Jima, who finished eighth. Dmitrenko also found the end zone in 17th place.. Merkushina finished 48th without scoring points. The pursuit race was won by German Franziska Preuss, who started from second position. The second place was taken by the Frenchwoman Julia Simon, and the German Vanessa Voigt closed the top three medalists.. Biathlon World Cup 2024/25: results of the women's pursuit race in Annecy1. Franziska Preuss (Germany, 0+0+1+0) 29:09. 92. Julia Simon (France, 0+2+0+0) +27. 33. Vanessa Voigt (Germany, 0+0+0+0)+44. 34. Jeanne Richard (France, 0+0+0+1) +50. 45. Maren Kirkade (Norway, 0+1+0+0) +54. 16. Elvira Oeberg (Sweden, 1+1+0+0) +57. Yulia Jima (Ukraine, 0+0+1+0) +1:02. 317. Kristina Dmitrenko (Ukraine, 0+0+0+1) +1:27. 948. Alexandra Merkushina (Ukraine, 0+2+0+0) +4:54. 7The Annecy stage will end on Sunday, December 22, with the men's and women's mass starts, which will begin at 13:30 and 15:45 Kyiv time, respectively. These will be the last Biathlon World Cup races in 2024.

After the Christmas and New Year break, the fourth stage of the current season will take place on January 9-12, 2025 in Oberhof, Germany.. Where to watch the Biathlon World Cup races On the territory of Ukraine, all Biathlon World Cup races will be broadcast live on the website and TV channel Suspilne Sport, as well as on local TV channels of Suspilne. You can also watch the races on the online television platform Kyivstar TV on the Suspilne Kiev channel. And with the promotional code TSNUA, get premium access to the film and television platform for 7 days.