Reigning world champion last year in Oberhof, Simonová can add her third gold medal on Sunday in Nové Město na Morava, the second of which is individual. She won 4.9 seconds ahead of Justine Braisaz-Bouchet. Lou Jeanmonnot, third, is less than 41 seconds behind the winner.

Davidová lost her hopes of a top ten finish in the sprint after two errors. “I'm sorry for the position. One would have been nice, but two is too much. I think these are my mistakes. It doesn't mean anything to the fighter but I will try to improve,” she said. she declared.

The youngest member of the team, Tereza Voborníková, took 32nd place. “After the first two shots, of course, the worst thing came to mind. That if I don't hit standing up, I will lose the fighter and who knows what else,” said the one who was the seventh best Czech in the fight. during the last world championship.

“But I immediately tried to erase it from my head and tell myself that I could handle the handstand. Fortunately, I succeeded,” Voborníková added. Lucie Charvátová will also lead the fighter with her from 40th place, and Jessica Jislová is eight positions worse.

Among the Czech biathletes, Michal Krčmář, 19th, achieved the best performance in the sprint. He would have finished better, but he had to take a penalty lap after getting up, even though he watched his shots a lot. In the end, he was 1 min 52 s 6 s short of the winner and began the pursuit race with a loss of almost fifty seconds in the top ten.

“I didn't start the race thinking about placing. On the track and on the shooting range, I focused on every movement. At the same time, I knew that sprinting is extremely important for the fighter and in terms of contribution to the butcher is worried,” said Krčmář. “I'm happy with the result. Nineteenth place is not bad at all. We will continue to fight,” he added.

Tomáš Mikyska was the thirty-third and Jakub Štvrtecký the forty-first. “It was probably the hardest sprint of my life, and even in front of the home stage,” noted Štvrtecký. Jonáš Mareček also entered the race from 58th position, but he will miss the race due to illness.

Sturla Holm Laegreid took advantage of a clean shot to win 3.5 seconds ahead of current world fighting champion Johannes Bö. Laegreid can add the first fighter gold medal to his collection. Bronze Vetle Christiansen lost 18.6 seconds to the winner.