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Borkovskyi wins 15km biathlon, first gold at Torino 2025 Universiade

Turin (Italy), Jan 15 (UNI) Ukraine's Bohdan Borkovskyi won the first gold medal of the 32nd Winter Universiade in the men's 15km short individual of biathlon here.
Borkovskyi finished the race in 38 minutes and 40.9 seconds on Tuesday, ahead of Patrik Kuuttinen of Finland, who was 25.5 seconds behind, and Patr Hak of the Czech Republic finished third, timing 39:10.1.
Seven gold medals are at stake in the opening-day competition of the Torino 2025 in the field of biathlon, curling, snowboarding and freestyle skiing.
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