Biathlete Milena Todorova Finishes Fourth, Lora Hristova 11th in 7.5km Sprint; Both Qualify for Pursuit 2026

Balgarianovinite.com Milena Todorova was the top-performing of four Bulgarians in the women’s 7.5 km sprint at the Milan Cortina Olympics. The 28-year-old Todorova finished fourth with a time of 21:20.8 minutes, after missing one target in the first of two shootings at the Antholz-Anterselva Biathlon Complex.
She missed the podium by just 16.3 seconds, recording her best-ever Olympic result; her previous top finish was 17th in the same discipline at Beijing 2022 Olympics. Todorova also equalled the best-ever Bulgarian Olympic finish in the discipline, set by Nadezhda Aleksieva at Albertville 1992 Olympics.
“I don’t really know how I feel. I’m happy, but at the same time I’m sad. Fourth place is the toughest position in sport, but that’s how it is. Still, it’s a step forward, and I hope to build on it,” the Bulgarian athlete said through tears.
22-year-old Lora Hristova, who won bronze in the 15 km individual with perfect shooting, missed one target in the prone position on Saturday and finished 11th with 21:54.1 minutes.
Both Todorova and Hristova qualified for the 10km pursuit on Sunday, with strong starting positions to challenge for the podium.
Olympic debutants Valentina Dimitrova and Maria Zdravkova finished outside the top 80, ending their individual events. They will only participate in the 4×6km relay on February 18.
Zdravkova placed 83rd in 24:44.2 minutes, hitting only six of ten targets, while Dimitrova finished 85th in 24:56.1 minutes, missing three targets in total.
The gold medal went to 22-year-old Maren Kirkeeide of Norway, who shot cleanly to post 20:40.8 minutes, her career-best performance.
23-year-old Oceane Michelon of France claimed silver, just 3.8 seconds behind, also with perfect shooting.
27-year-old Lou Jeanmonnot of France took bronze in 23.7 seconds behind Kirkeeide with one miss in the standing stage, completing a full medal set at Milan Cortina after gold in the mixed relay and silver in the individual event.
Todorova finished 40.0 seconds behind Jeanmonnot. Hristova ended 1:13.3 minutes behind Kirkeeide and will start Sunday’s pursuit with that deficit. Biathlete Milena Todorova Finishes Fourth, Lora Hristova 11th in 7.5km Sprint; Both Qualify for Pursuit 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-02-14 19:48:55 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law