{"id":44502,"date":"2026-03-20T11:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T11:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/44502\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T11:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T11:39:08","slug":"biathlon-world-cup-opens-sprint-in-holmenkollen-ukrainians-race-for-season-points-ukraine-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/44502\/","title":{"rendered":"Biathlon World Cup opens sprint in Holmenkollen, Ukrainians race for season points | Ukraine news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:500;font-size:18px;line-height:1.5\">A tense 10 km sprint will set the tone for the final World Cup stage, with Ukrainian skiers aiming to secure crucial season points.<\/p>\n<p>In Holmenkollen, Norway, on Friday, March 20, the second day of the final ninth stage of the Biathlon World Cup for the 2025\/26 season begins.<\/p>\n<p>The men\u2019s 10 km sprint, which will start at 17:15 Kyiv time, will open the program.<\/p>\n<p>In the Ukrainian national team, Vitaliy Mandzin (bib 18), Bohdan Borkovskyi (25), Bohdan Tymbal (41) and Artem Tyshchenko (94) will compete in the sprint.<\/p>\n<p>On March 21, pursuits are planned: the women\u2019s 10 km at 14:45 and the men\u2019s 12.5 km at 17:15.<\/p>\n<p>The ninth stage of the World Cup will be completed on March 22 with mass starts: the women\u2019s 12.5 km starts at 14:45, the men\u2019s 15 km at 17:15.<\/p>\n<p>According to preliminary data, Ukrainian Anastasia Merkushina won gold at the 2026 European Biathlon Championship in the individual race.<\/p>\n<p>The final stage of the Biathlon World Cup in Norway provides a view of the competition\u2019s dynamics and the season\u2019s results for the Ukrainian team.<\/p>\n<p>Overview of the World Cup Final Stage<\/p>\n<p>The race schedule and the Ukrainian team\u2019s participation keep a finger on the pulse of events and help predict the season\u2019s results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A tense 10 km sprint will set the tone for the final World Cup stage, with Ukrainian skiers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[10768,25242,25243,25244,38,157,156,25092,25094],"class_list":{"0":"post-44502","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oslo","8":"tag-biathlon","9":"tag-biathlon-holmenkollen-sprint-ukraine-biathlon-world-cup-final-mens-10-km","10":"tag-holmenkollen-sprint","11":"tag-mens-10-km","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-norway","14":"tag-oslo","15":"tag-ukraine-biathlon","16":"tag-world-cup-final"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116261313895318046","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}