Huge talent of Slovak biathlon: Jakub Borguľa has achieved another fantastic success! – Športky.sk

Slovak biathlete Jakub Borguľa Source: Andrej Galica / SOŠV VUOKATTI – Slovakia won the second medal at the winter European Youth Olympic Festival in Vuokatti, Finland. Jakub Borguľa finished in the biathlon individual races for 12.5 km in the bronze position. Already on Tuesday, Tamara Tokárová, a skater, won bronze in the 1000 m race. Another biathlete Kristína Makovínyová, who finished fifth in the girls’ 10 km race, also succeeded. “Jakub Borguľa showed in Thursday’s races that he is a great talent of Slovak biathlon. After a clean opening lie, he hesitated twice on the second shot in the stand, but the clean two remaining shots moved him higher and higher in the results list,” the olympic.sk portal informed. The 17-year-old member of the Banská Bystrica Fan Team finally lagged behind the winning Lou Thievent from France by 32 seconds in the finish. He was 7.5 seconds away from the silver Pole Konrad Badacz. Borgula has achieved further success in his career. At the end of February, he won one gold and two silver medals at the World Cadet Championships in Soldier Hollow. Another Slovak biathlete Adam Černák finished in 24th place, Benjamin Belicaj was eight places lower. 62 biathletes took part in the start. Makovínyová in the top 5 Eighteen-year-old trustee of Petr Kazár Kristína Makovínyová showed a very good performance in the biathlon complex in Vuokatti. She also stayed at the shooting range on the second lie due to technical problems with the rifle. She rose in the results list on individual split times and finally finished in 5th place, thus improving her position from the sprint, in which she was thirteenth. Photo gallery (2) Source: Andrej Galica / SOŠV “I am very pleased with the result. Two days ago I lost ten seconds. Today I started the race in order to get into it. I am not satisfied with two things. A minute shot on the bed “It was tight. Sometimes the edge of the target falls, other times it doesn’t. This time it was the second case. I also lost seconds on the second bed, where I had technical problems. I had other things nice. Kristína Makovínyová. In the qualification of sprint cross-country skiers, it was not possible to advance to the elimination part among the top thirty or any of the Slovak national team. Sarah Šuleková, who took the 46th position, placed best. Lea Meszárosová was 28 hundredths of a second slower on the 1.1 km long skating course. Of the pair of boys, Matej Horniak finished better on the 60th place. RESULTS – THURSDAY (source: www.olympic.sk) BIATHLON Boys – 12.5 km: 1. Thievent (Fr.) 36: 34.5 (2), 2. Badacz (POL) +24,5 (2), 3. BORGUĽA +32,0 (2), … 24. ČERNÁK +3: 34,3 (3), 32. BELICAJ (all SR) +4: 17.2 (4) Girls – 10 km: 1. Repincova (Slovenia) 31: 34.7 (1), 2. Andersson (Sweden) +9.4 (3), 3. Mengin (Fr.) + 12.9 (0), … 5. MAKOVÍNYOVÁ (SR) +2: 40.4 RUN ON SKI
Girls – sprint qualification: 1. E. Näslundová (Sweden), … 46. ŠULEKOVÁ +22.40, 48. MESZÁROSOVÁ +22.68, 54. BUKASOVÁ (all SR) + 30.49.Boys – sprint qualification : 1. Melnits (FIN) 1: 59.99, … 60. HORNIAK +22.64, 62. HAVRAN (both SR) +22.46. Author: © List Source: TASR