The innkeeper collected three penalty minutes during the first two stops at the shooting range, but other competitors, including favorites, were also wrong. The French leader of the SP standings, Quentin Fillon Maillet, was out of the twentieth with five shots.
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“The wind is spinning, but I loaded it when shooting and I wonder myself. When I made three mistakes, I thought the race was in the sack, it would shoot well. But I’m surprised how wrong it is. , “Krčmář said in an interview for Czech Television.
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The best Czech biathlete Michal Krčmář on the track.Photo: Czech biathlon / Igor Stančík
According to the Czech representative, the conditions were not such that it was impossible to shoot better. “Oh yeah, my head. I wanted to keep an eye on the result and there were unnecessary mistakes,” he regretted, and not even the pure second half of the race pleased him. “I’m not allowed to race, only if I ruin it and it’s nothing anymore. I have to start racing from the beginning,” he added.
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In the final standings, Krčmář lost 3: 08.7 minutes to the winning Babikov. The 30-year-old Russian, who started the season in the lower IBU Cup, was the only one in the entire field to shoot clean and beat the second Bö by 9.7 seconds with two penalty minutes. Another Russian, Said Karimulla Khalili, finished third.
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None of the Czech competitors got to the points positions. Milan Žemlička took 51st place with two mistakes on the shooting range. Jakub Štvrtecký was right behind him, taking five penalty minutes. Adam Václavík took 58th place with seven inaccurate shots, Mikuláš Karlík even collected eight penalty minutes and finished in 84th place.
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| Biathlon World Championships in Anterselva (Italy) – endurance race: |
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| Men (20 km): |
| 1. Babikov (Rus.) 49:46,8 min. (0 trest. minut) |
| 2. T. Bö (Nor.) -9,7 (2) |
| 3. Chalili (Rus.) -48,5 (1) |
| 4. J.T. Bö -50,5 (3) |
| 5. Laegreid (oba Nor.) -1:32,9 (3) |
| 6. Desthieux (Fr.) -2: 08,2 (3) |
| 7. Loginov (Rus.) -2:16.3 (3) |
| 8. Claude (Fr.) -2: 22.4 (3) |
| 9. Schommer (USA) -2:26.5 (2) |
| 10. Jacquelin (Fr.) -2:27,9 (2), |
| … 14. Pubmaster -3: 08.7 (3), |
| 51. Bun -6: 09.5 (2) |
| 52. Thursday -6: 18.0 (5), |
| 58. Václavík -6:40,9 (7), |
| 84. Karlík (all CR) -9: 19.8 (8). |
| Final standings of endurance races (after 2 races): |
| 1. T. Bö 108 b. |
| 2. Laegreid 100 |
| 3. Desthieux 86, |
| … 14. Pub 47. |
| SP ranking (after 14 of 22 races): |
| 1. Fillon Maillet (Fr.) 602 |
| 2. Jacquelin 501 |
| 3. Samuelsson (SWE) 484 |
| 4. T. Bö 458 |
| 5. Loginov 413 |
| 6. Christiansen (Nor.) 407, |
| … 31. Krčmář 163, |
| 70. Václavík 29, |
| 78. Štvrtecký 16. |
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