ŠČUČINSK – Slovak biathlete Jakub Borguľa won gold in the cadet endurance race at the World Youth Championships. He triumphed in Shchučinsk, Kazakhstan, with a time of 35:29.2 minutes, when he missed only one target on the opening lay.
Norwegian Sivert Gerhardsen finished second with a loss of 7.4 seconds, and Matija Legovič from Croatia finished third, with a deficit of 10.2 seconds.
Borguľa claimed the fourth valuable metal from the Youth WC, last year in the USA he won the pursuit race and won silver in the sprint and endurance races.
“These are incredible feelings, because I didn’t know if I would be able to achieve such results again. It’s very difficult to win a medal two years in a row. I’m incredibly happy that it worked out. The course was excellent, the wind wasn’t blowing like the last few days. It couldn’t it couldn’t have worked out any better. I was quite sick during the season, I struggled a bit, so I’m so glad it worked out again in the end. I’m extremely happy.” stated for slovenskybiatlon.sk.
Veronika Michalechová finished the best among the Slovenian quartet in the 10 km endurance race for cadets in 25th place with a loss of 4:20.9 minutes to the winning German Julia Kinkova.
men’s 12.5 km endurance race: 1. Jakub BORGUĽA (SR) 35:29.2 (1), 2. Sivert Gerhardsen (Nor.) +7.4 s (2), 3. Matija Legovič (Chor.) +10.2 (2), . .. 26. Michal ADAMOV +3:32.3 (2), 51. Martin CIENIK +6:32.3 (6), 54. Adam ČERNÁK (all SR) +7:18.9 (4)
women’s 10 km endurance race: 1. Julia Kinková (Germany) 32:23.8 (2), 2. Alessia Laagerová (Switzerland) +59.8 s (1), 3. Oleksandra Merkushynova (Ukraine) +1:10.2 (3 ), … 25. Veronika MICHALECHOVÁ +4:20.9 (1), 38. Kristína MAKOVÍNYOVÁ +5:50.2 (4), 51. Alžbeta GARGULÁKOVÁ +7:08.8 (5), 56. Tamara MOLENTOVA (all SR) +7:52.6 (9)
- Author: © List
- Source: TASR
