Biathlonist Loginov with a broken stick got the first victory in the World Cup since February

Russian Alexander Loginov excited in an individual race at 20 km at the seventh stage of the Biathlon World Cup, which takes place these days of the Italian Antholz-Anterselva.

The winner showed the time 48 minutes 41.8 seconds, shooting without mistakes on four firing lines.

The second with two blunders and a lag of 58.5 seconds was the Norwegian Sturl Holm Lelge, for whom this prize became the seventh this season. And the top troika was closed by the Frenchman Canten Fiion Maye (+1.10.6), which earned two penalty minutes.

This medal was the first for the Russian national team in personal races at the stages of the World Cup since February 2020. Then the same Loginov won the sprint at the World Cup in the same Anterselva.

Alexander did not even prevent the fall after the fourth shooting, at which he broke the stick. He ran away from the shooting range with one stick, after which the coaches handed him the missing equipment. In addition, at the second shooting, Loginov did not fly out of the rifle.

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“In any case, you can bring this race to the asset - to cope with the shooting at such a height. The sleeve stuck in the gun was slightly knocked out, the fall was knocked out on the finish circle: I got my breath, stuck in the rise, passed two hundred meters with one stick, it smeared, but in any case I was satisfied,” the Loginov TV channel “Matcha TV” said.

Evgeny Garanichev (+2.11.2; 2 misses) became-14th, Eduard Latypov (+4.37.9; 4)-50th, Anton Babikov, Kirill Streltsov and Ilya Gavrilov did not get into the top 50.

On Saturday, at the stage of the World Cup, two races will be held - a mass start for women and a relay race in men.