With seventh place in the sprint, Rastorgujevs won a very good position for Sunday’s fighter and, despite two misses on the shooting range, remained in the elite ten on Sunday.
But the 34-year-old matador could not handle one of the sharp descents on the track in Oberhof, where competitors reach speeds of up to 80 km/h. The cameras caught him falling on his stomach and trying in vain to stop his slide down the slope with his hands.
“Somebody 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 him, come on!”
When you see it coming, but you just can’t stop 🤦♂️
Andrejs Rastorgujevs ends up upside down in a snowbank. Uninjured except for his pride 😂 pic.twitter.com/VnRa3QneQz
— Eurosport (@eurosport) February 12, 2023
“At such a speed, on the descent. No, no, no…” the commentator of the Swedish television SVT, Ola Bränholm, was afraid of the carom of the Latvian competitor. “He made seals. Anja Pärsonová would be proud of him,” the commentator recalled the favorite celebration of the former Swedish skier, who was sliding on her stomach after her triumphs .
Rastorgujevs could not even stay on the track and slid down the slope, where he was caught by the net. Even the barrel of his gun got tangled in it. Rastorgujevs got back on his feet and on the track only thanks to the help of fans and organizers.
“But this is not easy at all, with a heart rate of 190 to get out of the network,” noted TV expert Björn Ferry.
Despite the unpleasant fall and the considerable loss of time associated with it, Rastorgujevs managed a solid ninth place in the end.
