MILANO CORTINA PARALYMPICS TEST EVENT CHINA AND UKRAINE CELEBRATE IN VAL DI FIEMME

The IBU Para biathlon World Cup in Val di Fiemme ends with the 7,5 km Sprint

Chinese victorious in the Sitting, Canada and Ukraine win the Standing, Ukraine and Germany the VI

Marco Pisani and Cristian Toninelli are 18th at the Cross-Country Stadium of Lago di Tesero

Tomorrow day off from racing, in the weekend the Para Cross-Country World Cup

The Lago di Tesero Cross-Country Stadium was the scene of the 2nd and final round of the IBU Para Biathlon World Cup stage, with Val di Fiemme set to host the Test Events of the 2026 Milano Cortina Paralympic Winter Games. In today's 7.5 km Sprint ser
ies, Mengtao Liu (CHN), Shiyu Wang (CHN), Mark Arendz (CAN), Oleksandra Kononova (UKR), Oleksandr Kazik (UKR) and Leonie Maria Walter (GER) won.

In the Sitting category, China celebrated the successes of Mengtao Liu over Kazakhstan's Yerbol Khamitov and the compatriot Zixu Liu in the men's event, while in the women's event, Shiyu Wang won ahead of the favourite Anja Wicker, who paid the price for a mistake at the shooting range, and the other Chinese Yuxin Zhai.

The Canadian Mark Arendz repeated yesterday’s success in the standing category, preceding the Chinese colleague Jiayun Cai and the Ukrainian Serhii Romaniuk, all of whom had a clear-cut performance at the shooting range. In the women’s race, Oleksandra Kononova, after yesterday’s 4th place, gave proof of her strength and although she made a mistake in the shooting, she made the difference in the skiing section by winning ahead of the Chinese Zhiqing Zhao and the compatriot Iryna Bui, both of whom made no mistakes in the shooting range.

The rifles well lined up at the range in the Vision Impaired category waited until 3 pm for the start of the competition, which was postponed as the reflections of the sun on the snow and ice at the range impaired the participants' aim. The winner of the men’s race was Olksander Kazik ahead of the compatriots Iaroslav Reshetynskyi and Anatolii Kovalevskyi, for an all-Ukrainian podium. In the women’s race, the victory went to Germany with Leonia Maria Walter, ahead of the Chinese Yue Wang and her compatriot Johanna Recktenwald.

Tomorrow there will be a break from the Paralympics Test Event races of Milano Cortina 2026, with the Cross-Country Stadium of Lago di Tesero animated by the test of Lieutenant Colonel Gianfranco Paglia, who will attempt to set the two-hour record. From Saturday, the FIS Para Cross-Country World Cup races.       

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Sprint 7,5 km – Women Sitting

1 Wang Shiyu Chn 22:43.4; 2 Wicker Anja Ger 23:10.1; 3 Zhai Yuxin Chn 23:37.8; 4 Kim Yunji Kor 24:00.7; 5 Dos Santos Rocha Aline Bra 25:35.6; 6 Zaino Nicole Usa 26:04.7

Sprint 7,5 km – Men Sitting

1 Liu Mengtao Chn 19:42.8; 2 Khamitov Yerbol Kaz 19:49.3; 3 Liu Zixu Chn 19:53.4; 4 Meenagh Scott Gbr 20:21.6; 5 Mao Zhongwu Chn 20:23.0; 6 Bal Pavlo Ukr 20:27.4; 7 Pike Aaron Usa 20:28.4; 8 Shin Eui Hyun Kor 20:43.2; 9 Kravchuk Vasyl Ukr 21:27.5; 10 Wang Tao Chn 21:31.3

Sprint 7,5 km – Women Standing

1 Kononova Oleksandra Ukr 20:02.9; 2 Zhao Zhiqing Chn 20:06.6; 3 Bui Iryna Ukr 20:11.8; 4 Hudak Brittany Can 20:16.4; 5 Liashenko Liudmyla Ukr 21:20.4; 6 Konashuk Bohdana Ukr 22:11.8; 7 Aravich Danielle Usa 24:39.8; 8 Abe Yurika Jpn 24:40.5; 9 Dekijima Momoko Jpn 27:05.3; 10 Pinto Chloe Fra 30:13.9

Sprint 7,5 km – Men Standing

1 Arendz Mark Can 17:41.7; 2 Cai Jiayun Chn 17:51.5; 3 Romaniuk Serhii Ukr 17:54.4; 4 Maier Marco Ger 17:57.8; 5 Liu Xiaobin Chn 18:27.1; 6 Vovchynskyi Grygorii Ukr 18:35.1; 7 Shevchyk Nazar Ukr 18:39.0; 8 Daviet Benjamin Fra 18:51.0; 9 Tabouret Karl Fra 19:08.1; 10 Wu Junbao Chn 19:27.0

Sprint 7,5 km – Women Vision Impaired

1 Walter Leonie Maria Ger 20:37.9; 2 Wang Yue Chn 21:23.8; 3 Recktenwald Johanna Ger 21:45.5; 4 Edlinger Carina Aut 22:49.9; 5 Shyshkova Oksana Ukr 23:50.9; 6 Tkachenko Nataliia Ukr 24:16.7; 7 Varkovets Ilona Ukr 25:38.3; 8 Lobasheva Romana Ukr 27:54.6; 9 Dickens Taryn Aus 35:58.1

Sprint 7,5 km – Men Vision Impaired

1 Kazik Oleksandr Ukr 17:43.0; 2 Reshetynsky Iiaroslav Ukr 18:09.2; 3 Kovalevskyi Anatolii Ukr 18:34.3; 4 Yu Shuang Chn 18:47.4; 5 Suiarko Dmytro Ukr 19:28.9; 6 Messinger Nico Ger 19:48.4; 7 Modin Zebastian Swe 20:00.7; 8 Volkert Lennart Mattis Ger 20:27.8; 9 Murashkovskyi Maksym Ukr 20:39.4; 10 Kravchuk Ihor Ukr 21:42.3

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