The captain of the biathlon male national team Dmitry Pidruchny held an excellent sprint race at the stage of the World Cup, which these days take place in the Italian Antholts. Our compatriot, despite one mistake, managed to show a great performance on the track and finish in the top 5.

Pidruchny, like all our biathletes, received the starting number in the first fifty. After the first fire border, on which the Ukrainian and let one of the cartridges in the "

However, phenomenal work at the distance, as well as a successful shooting of standing, allowed Pidruchny to fly up to the four strongest and the story of the struggle for medals.

As a result, in the finish protocol, Dmitry missed the Norwegian Martin Uldal in front of him and graduated from the race fifth, ahead of Johannes Beasy, the leader of the season at that time.

Getting into the floral ceremony also allowed our compatriot to rise to the 14th line in the overall standings of the World Cup. Now Pidruchny has 324 points.

The winner of the sprint in Antholz was Tarjei Boe, who was only four tenths of a second ahead of compatriot Sturla L?greid. "