Olympic champion Julia Jim will miss a mixed relay race at the World Cup due to the illness before its start, the coach of the Ukrainian women's team Nikolai Zot in an interview with Supreme Sports from Lenzersheid. The first mundial race is scheduled for February 12.

According to ZOC, the athlete fell ill at the assembly in Antholz and spent three days with a temperature of 38 degrees. By the time of the relay, she had not yet managed to completely recover, so her candidacy was excluded from the composition of the composition of the Ukrainian national team.

The coaching headquarters noted that Jim could start a female sprint that will be held on Friday, February 14.

Instead of a 34-year-old Kiev woman, Irina Petrenko will begin the race. Christina Dmitrenko will come the next, and Anton Dudchenko and Dmitry Pidruchny will run in the male part of the relay. Start is scheduled for Wednesday, February 12, at 15:30 Kyiv time.

For Dmitry Pidruchny, this is the ninth mixed relay race at the world championships. With him, the team dwells twice in fourth place, without reaching the medals.

Kristina Dmitrenko will run for the first time in this discipline at the level of world championship, although it already has experience in the World Cup, where its best result is sixth place in Contiolaki.

Anton Dudchenko will perform for the second time, in 2023 he already fled the final stage of this race.

The current world champions in a mixed relay is a French national team. In 2024, she won with an advantage of 45 seconds over Norway.