February 18, women's individual race took place at the Biathlon World Championships in Italian Antholz.

The Ukrainian team put to the start of four participants: Valya Semerenko, Vita Semerenko, Yulia Jim and Anastasia Merkushina. The latter and showed the best result of “blue-yellow” at the finish - 11th place.

Until the final firing line, Anastasia fought for getting into the top 5, but a miss with the last shot threw her outside the top 10.

Dorothea Wierer won the race. The Italian has already won the second gold award in her native Antholz, earlier she climbed the highest step of the podium in the pursuit.

Only 2.2 seconds to the winner of the race lost German Vanessa Hinz. Three winners closed the sprint winner in Antholz - Norwegian Marte Olsby-Roseland. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Individual Women Antholz 1. Dorothea Wierer (Italy) - 43. 07.7 (1 + 1 + 0 + 0) 2. Vanessa Hinz (Germany) - 2.2 (0 + 0 + 0 + 1) 3.

Marte Olsby-Roseland (Norway) - 15.8 (0 + 1 + 0 + 1).

eleven. Anastasia Merkushina (Ukraine) - 1. 35.1 (0 + 1 + 0 + 1).

29th. Vita Semerenko (Ukraine) - 3. 42.5 (2 + 0 + 1 + 0) 37. Julia Jima (Ukraine) - 4. 23.2 (0 + 1 + 2 + 2) 42. Valya Semerenko (Ukraine) - 4. 42.0 (1 + 1 + 0 + 2) Men's individual race will be held on Wednesday, February 19, Pidruchny will not take part in it. Start at 15:15 Kiev time.

World Cup will last until February 23.