At the European Biathlon Championships, a Ukrainian won a silver medal, disqualifying the world champion

Ukrainian biathlete Vitaliy Mandzyn won a silver medal at the European Junior Championships in Jakuszyk, Poland. The 20-year-old from Ternopil took third place in the mass start out of 59 participants, but moved up one place after his opponent was disqualified.

Vitaliy had a disastrous start to the race, making one inaccurate shot at the first firing line and dropping to 38th place, more than a minute behind the leader. The Ukrainian did much better in the second firing line. He took full advantage of his competitors' mistakes, worked cleanly and moved up to 4th place (+19.5).

In the second half of the race, the "swing" began again. 2 misses on the first post and 10th position (+52.9). However, the Ukrainian was able to gather himself for the final stand and showed a great result. 0 inaccurate shots allowed him to finish third.

He was beaten by the world champion (2022) Jakob Kulbin, but at the last firing line the Estonian fired 6 shots instead of the allowed five, which is why he was disqualified. This was the first medal for Ukraine at Euro 2024. Another representative of our national team, Stepan Kinash, finished 34th in the mass start.