Test firing
On December 1st the women's individual race of the first world cup took place in Ostersund. Ekaterina Yurlova was best among the Russians and took 10th place. The absence of the clean shooting, the first race as a test firing before the new season, and Ekaterina Yurlova who brought the joy are in photo reportage of Biathlonrus.com
An autumn weather on Ostersund does not want to give place to snowfall or the slight frost. During the women's individual race the meteorologists monitored +2 digress and minor rain. But this is the athletes' destiny to compete in any weather.
The difficult weather conditions influenced the race's results — no biathletes could show the perfect shooting because of the gusty wind. The winner of the race — Darya Domracheva from Belarus — made two misses, the silver medal winner — Anna Maria Nilsson — had one, and German Magdalena Neuner made three mistakes at the shooting range. The Russian biathletes made too many mistakes. But one should not make any conclusions yet. We had the test firing and will continue working.
Ekaterina Yurlova brought joy. The main poet of the Russian team made it to the
Olga Zaytseva had a good timing — she was best among the Russians in this component. The
On December 2nd the world cup in Ostersund will be continued with the men's sprint, which will start at 16:15