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Bendika made two errors in the first prone stage, but in the standing stage she received one and four penalties respectively, finishing 51st and losing five minutes and 56.3 seconds to the winner.
The winner was Frenchwoman Gillia Simon, who started from tenth place and finished with two penalties in 31 minutes and 45.2 seconds.
The second, who lost 18.9 seconds to her teammate, was the winner of the previous four World Cup competitions, Žistine Breza-Buche, who made three errors in the shooting, while the Norwegian athlete Ingrīda Lannmarka Tandrevolla was third, moving from 17th place. We were able to improve our place in the sprint with two shooting errors. Loss of 44.4 seconds.
In the competition with 58 biathletes, the Swede Elvira Eberja came fourth, the French Lou Jeanmont fifth and the Norwegian Karulíne Ofigstad knot sixth.
In the World Cup ranking, Simona is in first place in the pursuit with 246 points, Breza-Bouché is in second place with 225 points and the Swede Elvīra Eberja is in third place with 216 points.
Sanita Buliņa is in 57th place with 11 points.
In the total of all disciplines, Breza-Buchet is in first place with 592 points, Tandrevolla with 501 points and Eberja with 473 points.
Sanita Buliņa is in 60th place with 19 points, while Bendika is in 73rd place with five points.
Bendika qualified for the pursuit in Esteshund at the beginning of the season, but did not start in this discipline as previously planned.
It was previously reported that Andrejs Rastorgujevs finished 25th in the men’s 12.5 kilometer pursuit on Saturday, while Renārs Birkentāls finished 42nd.
Team relays take place on Sunday.
The World Cup series includes nine rounds this season, with the Crystal Globes being awarded at the Canadian Kenmore circuit in mid-March. The next round will take place next week on another German track in Rupolding.
The World Championship will take place from February 7th to 18th in Nove Mesto and the European Championship from January 21st to 28th at the Slovakian circuit in Osrbl.
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