The Czechia soon got into trouble. Mikuláš Karlík, who started the relay, stayed in contact with the best in 11th place for a long time, but he absolutely did not manage to shoot while standing, and despite the use of all spare ammunition, he had to take three penalty rounds. “I don’t know what’s going on, but I can’t stand the second item. I will come there with a high heartbeat and I can’t work with it, “he told ČT in disappointment.
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Although Karlík showed the sixth running time of his section, at the second stop at the shooting range he caught a huge loss and returned to the track as the last, the twentieth with a loss of 1:45 minutes to the leading German.
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Jakub Štvrtecký quickly reached the relays in front of the Czech Republic in the second section. He soon got Poland, Romania and Latvia behind him, despite one recharge for each item, he didn’t stay too long at the shooting range, so he then overtook Slovakia, Kazakhstan and Estonia. “I did much better against the Olympic races. I was also lucky that two calibers fell, “he claimed. He passed the fourteenth, but the representatives had been separated from the elite eight by almost two minutes.
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In the meantime, a certain Jacquelin got a great run on the shooting range to lead the French relay, he managed to run over the pursuers for over thirty seconds. But his compatriot Desthieux lost the lead, arriving at the handover accompanied by Sweden, Norway and Germany within two seconds.
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The national team quartet was again worried, its third member Adam Václavík averted the threat of the penalty round already lying down, he still managed it there. He did not succeed in standing up and it meant an extra 150 meters for him and the fall to the seventeenth position only accentuated the Czech disgrace. Michal Krčmář could not save much, he only moved the relay back to 14th place.
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The battle of the four finishers for the podium was decided at the shooting range, where Christiansen did not need spare ammunition at all during the final stand, and the Norwegians won the men’s relay for the fourth time this season, although this time they missed both Boe brothers.
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Samuelsson won silver for the Swedes, two seconds behind him the Frenchman Fillon Maillet crossed the finish line and the German Nawrath remained fourth with a gap of another second. Biathletes from Russia and Belarus were not excluded at the start, and the homeland of the defending Ukrainians was also missing.
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| Biathlon World Cup Relay 4×7.5 km Men in Kontiolahti: |
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| 1. Norsko (Bakken, Andersen, Lägreid, Christiansen) 1: 12: 06,1 (0 + 7) |
| 2. Sweden (Femling, Nelin, Ponsiluoma, Samuelsson) +10.6 (0 + 10) |
| 3. Francie (Claude, Jacquelin, Desthieux, Fillon Maillet) +12.4 (0+7) |
| 4. Germany +13.4 (0 + 8) |
| 5. Austria +1: 44.7 (0 + 5) |
| 6. Switzerland +1: 56.8 (0 + 10) |
| 7. Italy +2: 20.8 (2 + 10) |
| 8. Canada +2:43.3 (0+9) |
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| 14. Czechia (Karlík, Štvrtecký, Václavík, Krčmář) +4: 59.1 (4 + 14) |
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