Biathlon | Imatra Junior Cup: the Swedes become European junior relay champions after an incredible finish

10:46. This Thursday morning, during the mixed relay at the European Junior Biathlon Championships in Imatra (Finland), the Slovenians seemed to be heading for the gold medal.Aljaz Omejc went into the last heat with a lead of more than a minute over her closest pursuers.

However, with three picks, a penalty lap and a shooting time of 1 min 15, he cracked wide open. Sweden(Lydia Hagg Eveby, Greta Lindqvist Seldahl, Isak Falk, Elmer Nordlander) was perfect and took the lead by a few seconds. The last relay runner held on to this lead to give his country the gold.

Slovenia(Ela Sever, Manca Caserman, Ruj Groselj Simic, Aljaz Omejc) nonetheless took silver at 10 sec 2, while Ukraine(Kseniia Prykhodko, Viktoriia Khvostenko, Ivan Steblyna, Oleksandr Bilanenko) was bronze at 16 sec 6.

Full results

• The full programme for the European Junior Championships in Imatra, the fourth stage of the 2025/2026 Junior Cup
• Imatra Junior Cup: Sweden’s Greta Lindqvist Seldahl becomes European junior individual champion
• European Junior Championships in Imatra: Czech David Elias takes individual gold