MINSK, 6 April (BelTA) – Darya Domracheva of Belarus and Ole Einar Bjorndalen of Norway finished fourth at the Race of Champions Mixed Relay held at the Geolog Stadium in Tyumen on 5 April, BelTA has learned.
The event was won by Russia’s Yekaterina Yurlova and Anton Shipulin. Second were Darya Virolainen of Russia and Simon Fourcade of France. Bronze went to Slovenia’s Teja Gregorin and Jakov Fak.
The race included eight shooting stages. Darya Domracheva was good in her shooting and so did Ole Einar Bjorndalen who kept among the leaders, but lost it to Slovenia’s Jakov Fak in the final.
Belarus’ Nadezhda Skardino and French Martin Fourcade had good chances to win the race. Nadezhda Skardino ran and shot perfectly the first stage but fell victim to the crowd in the finish section. Russia’s Yevgeny Garanichev knocked Nadezhda Skardino down who broke her rifle and had a bad third stage. After the finish Nadezhda Skardino and Martin Fourcade received big ovation and a special prize For Will to Victory from the organizers of the competitions.