On December 1, a men's sprint took place at the first stage of the 2019/20 Biathlon World Cup in Swedish Ostersund.

The Ukrainian team was played by Dmitry Pidruchny, Artem Prima, Anton Dudchenko, Ruslan Tkalenko and Taras Lesyuk. The best of ours was Artem Prima, who finished 35th.

The victory was won by the current holder of the Big Crystal Globe Norwegian Johannes Be, who was 19 seconds ahead of his older brother Tarje. The third was the Russian Matvey Eliseev.

The women's sprint will also take place today, at 16:30 Kiev time.

The full schedule of the 2019/20 Biathlon World Cup can be found HERE.

WORLD CUP Ostersund (Sweden) / First stage Sprint, men 1. Johannes Be (Norway) - 24. 18.3 (1) 2. Tarja Be (Norway) - 19.0 (1) 3. Matvey Eliseev (Russia) - 19.9 (0).

35. Artem Prima (Ukraine) - 1. 47.9 (2) 46. Ruslan Tkalenko (Ukraine) - 2. 00.2 (2) 51. Anton Dudchenko (Ukraine) - 2. 05.1 (2) 53. Taras Lesyuk (Ukraine) - 2. 05.3 (1) 64. Dmitry Pidruchny (Ukraine) - 2. 24.5.