Victory in Oberhof takes Pylev to third place in the World Cup

Olympic champion-2002 Russian woman Olga Pyleva the day before won a gold medal at the Biathlon World Championship in German Oberehof, winning a female individual race of 15 kilometers.

The silver medal went to her compatriot Albine Akhatova, who was the leader of the race, despite the fact that she missed at the first fire line. “Bronze” was won by the Ukrainian biathletist Elena Petrova, who lost only five hundredths of Akhatova. The athlete, looking at the final time, burst into tears from the insult that she could not get ahead of the Russian woman.

“I did not have the right to miss the firing borders more than once. Before the start of the race, I gave myself an installation to shoot“ zero ”. In general, this plan was able to realize due to the fact that it aimed longer than others, but in the end, she made only one smoking at the last line,” the winner said after the finish.

Unfortunately, the Russian woman Anna Bogalius could not please, who won “silver” and “bronze” in previous races - the 10th result (4 misses). Zaitseva also performed unsuccessfully - 49th place (7 mistakes).

The results shown by athletes in this tournament are in the general offset of the World Cup draw. Including for this reason, the struggle in Oberhof was so sharp and uncompromising. After today's victory, Pyleva reached third, having 550 points in the asset. The leader in the World Cup Norwegian Liv -Gret Poire is 641 points, and the German Martin Vlages (569) is in second place. Anna Bogalius today takes the fifth line in the overall standings, and Svetlana Ishmuratova is the ninth.