Para biathlon: Benjamin Daviet takes silver in Pokljuka
He has taken his revenge. On Saturday afternoon, Bornandin para-biathlete Benjamin Daviet finished fourth in the sprint pursuit at the World Championships in Pokljuka (Slovenia). Frustrated by this result, he exacted his revenge in the individual event on Sunday lunchtime.
In this 12.5km race, which included four shots (with a 1 minute penalty for errors), the Haut-Savoyard simply scored 20/20. Benjamin Daviet, who was also very good on his cross-country skis, was beaten only by the Canadian leader in his category, Mark Arendz. With the perfect shot, Arendz won the title by 26 sec 9.
On the third step of the podium was Ukrainian Grygorii Vovchynskyi (19/20). It should be noted that Karl Tabouret did not take part in this event in order to rest up for the para-cross-country skiing World Championships scheduled for next week in Toblach (Italy).
In the women’s event, Canada’s Natalie Wilkie (19/20) won the individual world title , beating China’s Zhao Zhiqing (18/20) by 20.5 seconds and Ukraine’s Oleksandra Kononova (19/20) by 26.6 seconds.
Kendall Gretsch hits the grand slam in the sitting category
Earlier in the morning, Kazakh Yerbol Khamitov (20/20) took the world title in the men’s race. In this tight competition, he beat Canadian Derek Zaplotinsky (20/20) by 7.2 seconds and American Aaron Pike (20/20) by 8.7 seconds.
In the women’s event, Kendall Gretsch from the USA achieved a grand slam. After the sprint and sprint pursuit, she won the individual event with an impeccable 20/20 score. She was joined on the podium by Germany’s Anja Wicker (18/20) and China’s Wang Shiyu (18/20).
Full results
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- Pokljuka: Karl Tabouret fourth in the World Championships sprint, less than a second from bronze, Benjamin Daviet eighth
- Pokljuka World Championships: Anthony Chalençon and his guide Florian Michelon take silver in the sprint
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- Pokljuka: Benjamin Daviet, Karl Tabouret and Anthony Chalençon (guided by Florian Michelon) in the sprint pursuit final
- Pokljuka World Championships: Benjamin Daviet just off the podium in the sprint pursuit, Anthony Chalençon and his guide Florian Michelon sixth
