Zebastian Modin twelfth in biathlon
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Zebastian Modin twelfth in biathlon sprint at Paralympics

It is not in biathlon but in long-distance events that Zebastian Modin has his best medal chances at the Paralympics in Italy. However, he competes in both, and on Saturday the Swede finished twelfth in the biathlon sprint.

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Three misses in the first shot didn't give the 31-year-old the start he wanted.

After another miss in the last shooting round, the Swede ended up far behind in the biathlon for athletes with visual impairments.

Modin may not be too upset. He saw the race mostly as training.

Today I'm more hoping to get a good run through. It would, of course, be fun to do a good biathlon race too, but that's not something I expect, Modin told SVT before the race.

Ukraine's Oleksandr Kazik won. Silver and bronze were also won by Ukrainians.

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AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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