Ukrainian Olena Petrova won a gold medal at the European Biathlon Championships, which are taking place in the Belarusian town of Raubichi. In the 10 km pursuit race with four shooting ranges, Petrova made only one miss and finished 36 seconds ahead of Belarusian Kateryna Ivanova, who finished second. Former Ukrainian Olena Zubrilova took bronze in this event. Two more representatives of Ukraine, Liliya Yefremova and Oksana Yakovleva, placed 7th and 16th respectively.
In the men's 12.5 km pursuit race, Poland's Tomasz Sikora celebrated victory, shooting clean and finishing more than two minutes ahead of Norway's Ås Alexander. The best of the Ukrainians was Andriy Deryzemlya, who showed the 7th result with three misses in shooting. Oleksandr Bilanenko finished 12th, and Oleksiy Korobeinikov only 28th.
In parallel with the adult championship in Raubichi, the European Youth Biathlon Championships are also taking place. The achievements of Ukrainians there are still quite modest. In the 12.5 km pursuit race for the boys, Serhiy Sednev was eighth, and in the 10 km distance for the girls, the best result among Ukrainians was shown by Iryna Suprun, who was 14th.
Men. 12.5 km pursuit race. 1. Tomasz Sikora (Poland) - 33:53.66 (0 misses) 2. Ås Alexander (Norway) - +2:08.9 (3) 3. Yevgeny Trebushenko (Russia) - +2:21.5 (4) ...7. ANDRIY DERYZEMLYA (UKRAINE) - +2:48.8 (4) ...12. OLEKSANDR BILANENKO (UKRAINE) - +3:27.4 (6) ...28. OLEKSIY KOROBEINIKOV (UKRAINE) - +6:00.3 (9)
Women. 10 km pursuit race. 1. OLENA PETROVA (UKRAINE) - 30:41.88 (1 miss) 2. Yekaterina Ivanova (Belarus) - +36.3 (2) 3. Olena Zubrilova (Belarus) - +1:33.6 (5) ...7. LILIYA YEFREMOVA (UKRAINE) - +2:21.2 (4) ...16. OSKANA YAKOVLYEVA (UKRAINE) - +3:23.4 (5).