Czech biathletes Gabriela Soukalová (right) and Jitka Landová during the relay race at the Olympic Games in Sochi.
Nové Město na Moravá (Žďársko) – Pursuit races will be held today at the Biathlon World Cup in Nové Město na Moravá. The men start at 1:50 p.m., the women hit the track at 3:45 p.m. A ceremonial ceremony will take place between the races, during which Gabriela Soukalová, Veronika Vítková, Eva Puskarčíková and Jitka Landová will receive additional bronze medals from the relay at the Olympic Games in Sochi 2014.
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The Czech national team finished fourth nine years ago when Ukraine won, but the Russians were originally second, but were later disqualified due to doping. In their place, the Norwegians moved to second place.
Norwegian Johannes Thingnes Bö, who won the sixth sprint in this year's World Cup on Thursday in Vysočina, will be the first to run in the men's pursuit race. The series leader will be half a minute ahead of brother Tarjei. The best of the Czech biathletes, Michal Krčmář, will start in thirteenth place with a deficit of 1:46 minutes.
Norwegian Marte Olsbuová Röiselandová will have 21 seconds to her compatriot Ingrid Landmark Tandrevoldová at the start. Markéta Davidová will start the pursuit race in sixteenth place with a distance of 1:08 minutes.
