Biathlete Carrara lost her victory at the European Championship by shooting at someone else’s target.
MOSCOW, January 25 – RIA Novosti. Italian Michela Carrara lost her individual victory at the European Championship held in Lenzerheide (Switzerland) after shooting at someone else’s target. reported On the official website of the International Biathlon Union (IBU).
On Wednesday, Carrara took first place in the race. According to official information, he made a miss in four firing lines. After the competition ended, the jury reviewed the Italian’s shot and set the number of misses to three because someone else had fired at his target – information about this came from the coaches of the Italian team. Carrara’s target was hit by one of the American athletes standing on a nearby mat.
The victory was awarded to the German Lisa Maria Spark. Sochi Olympic relay champion Ukrainian athlete Yuliya Jima came in second and the German national team representative Selina Grotian came in third. Carrara dropped to 11th place.
The European Championship will take place on 25-29 January.
The September Congress of the International Biathlon Union (IBU), amid the situation in Ukraine, decided to approve the exclusion of Russian and Belarusian athletes from international competitions until further notice.
Source: Ria
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