/nginx/o/2020/11/15/13477568t1h5973.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1 "Bendika and Patrijuk are in the top ten in the first competition of the season – Winter Sports")
In Saturday’s 7.5-kilometer sprint for women, Bendika made two mistakes in the second line of fire, finishing in 25 minutes and 5.0 seconds, giving him ninth place.
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The victory was celebrated by the Swedish Hannah Eberja, who shot flawlessly, but Bendika lost her one minute and 30.0 seconds. The second place with a deficit of 17.7 seconds was won by another housewife Juhanna Skūtheim, but the Czech Marketa Davidova was 34.6 seconds behind.
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Patrijuks also did not close two goals in the second shoot in the sprint, finishing in the ten-kilometer distance with two penalty laps after 27 minutes and 10.6 seconds, which gave the 14th position.
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The laurels were won by the home team Sebastian Samuelson, who completed one penalty lap and finished after 25 minutes and 34.2 seconds, beating Patrijuk by one minute and 36.4 seconds. Jesper Neelin was third with a deficit of just 1.1 seconds, but Czech Ondrzej Moravets, who won third place, was 13.6 seconds behind.
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56 athletes competed in the women’s competition, but 69 biathletes participated in the men’s competition.
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On Sunday, in the 12.5-kilometer shortened individual distance, where the athletes received 45 penalty seconds for each missed goal, Bendika made a mistake six times and finished the race with a finish time of 43 minutes and 7.9 seconds. Cēsniece won the 13th place.
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Hannah Eberja was also unbeaten on Sunday, not finishing one goal, finishing after 38 minutes and 34.3 seconds, which means that she beat Bendik by four minutes and 33.6 seconds. The second was Elvira, the younger sister of Olympic champion Eberja, who lost one minute and 16.2 seconds to her relative, but Estonian Thule Tomingas was 2.1 seconds behind.
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Sanita Buliņa also started on Sunday, who did not shoot seven goals and lost almost seven minutes to the winner. She is 29th in 54 athletes.
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In the men’s 15-kilometer distance, Patrius made a mistake twice in the last of the four lines of fire, finishing in 42 minutes and 30.0 seconds in eighth position.
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Also on Sunday, the victory was celebrated by Samuelson, who did not shoot three goals, finishing after 39 minutes and 48.7 seconds or two minutes and 41.3 seconds faster than Patriuk. The second place with a 30.6 slower finish time was taken by the Czech Tomás Mikiska, but the third with a deficit of one minute and 39.6 seconds was Nēlins.
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Edgar Mise did not score eight goals and lost more than seven minutes to the winner, taking 36th place among 65 athletes.
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In two weeks, Kontiolahti is scheduled for the first World Cup of the season.
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