The last race of the Biathlon World Championships brought a sensational result

The 57th Biathlon World Championships ended with a men's mass start in the Czech town of Nove Mesto. Ukraine was represented in this event by Anton Dudchenko and Dmytro Pidruchnyi, who failed to show good results: 20th and 27th place respectively.

The main sensation of the mass start was the silver medal of a Latvian athlete. The 35-year-old Andrejs Rastorguevs, who ranks only 18th in the overall World Cup standings, won a World Cup award for the first time in his career.

The two-time European biathlon champion and participant in the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Olympic Games was the second biathlete in this race to complete the course without a miss. His absolutely accurate shooting allowed Andrejs to win a silver medal.

Johannes Tingnes Bøgh won with one inaccurate shot in the prone position. "Canten Fillon-Maye of France took the bronze medal.

As OBOZ.UA previously reported, a few days earlier, the women's mass start took place, where Ukraine was represented by Khrystyna Dmytrenko. The 24-year-old native of Chernihiv, who won the unofficial title of the most beautiful biathlete of our national team, finished in 27th place.

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