Provided by: US Biathlon
Heber City’s Lina Fara achieved a personal best 46th place in the women’s biathlon 7.5km sprint during the second race of the IBU Cup weekend in Martell Val Martello, Italy. Farah made both a prone shot and a standing shot clean to avoid a penalty loop and push her way to her goal line.
“I’m excited to be part of tomorrow’s chase,” Farah said. “Today I really suffered skiing, but I continue to strive for stronger skiing and health. Today reminded me of all the good moments in biathlon that are often forgotten in the midst of tough competition. .”
Farah crossed the line 2.3 seconds ahead of teammate Grace Castingeye (Jackson, N.H./Ethan Allen Biathlon Club) and finished 47th, finishing three spots short in the standings despite a clean prone position. . Cheresa Bouley (Zimmerman, Minn./Minnesota Biathlon) followed with one mistake on the day and placed 55th. Tara Geraghty Moats (West Fairy, Vt./National Guard Biathlete) and Anna French (Plymouth, Minn./Team Altius) finished 62nd and 66th, just missing the chase.
On the men’s side, Václav Cervenka (Grand Rapids, Minn./National Guard Biathlete) finished a season-best 29th place in the men’s 10km sprint, missing one stroke while lying on his stomach and two strokes while standing, but was still in the top 30 in ski speed. I stayed within the 3rd place. controversy. On this day, Travis Cooper (Kenai, Alaska/National Guard Biathlon) made one mistake in prone and standing positions and crossed the line in 50th place, followed by Nicholas Burkhardt (Olympic Valley, California/Team Crosscut) made five mistakes and finished in 55th place. Luke Brown (St. Paul, Minn./Craftsbury Green Racing Project) did not run in the sprint.
Of the eight U.S. athletes who competed in the sprint, six qualified for tomorrow’s pursuit. Cervenka, Cooper and Burkhardt will take the lead in the men’s chase scheduled to start at 5pm ET/11am CET. Farah, Castingeye and Bouley will compete in the women’s pursuit at 7:30 ET/1:30 CET.The live stream can be viewed at eurovisionsports.com. Spectator resources can be found at usbiathlon.org/spectator-resources..