Ukrainian Borkovsky won the individual biathlon race at the Winter Universiade.

The Ukrainian biathlon team started their performances at the Winter Universiade-2025. The competition in the Italian city of Turin opened with the men's individual race.

Ukraine was represented by five biathletes in the men's individual race: Stepan Kinas, Bohdan Borkovsky, Roman Borovik, Serhiy Suprun, and Vladislav Chikhary.

Results of the men's individual race at the Winter Universiade-2025

Bohdan Borkovsky became the champion of the individual race. He had no errors in the first two shootings but missed twice in the third, receiving two penalty minutes. However, this did not prevent him from taking the first place.

Serhiy Suprun finished in fourth place, earning one penalty minute at both standing shooting ranges.

Vladislav Chikhary finished fifth, earning two penalty minutes at the first two shooting ranges.

Stepan Kinas placed twentieth, earning one penalty minute at each shooting range and missing two targets in the final shooting.

Winter Universiade-2025. Turin, individual race (men)

1. Bohdan Borkovsky (Ukraine, 0+0+1+2) – 38:40.92. Patrik Kuutinen (Finland, 0+0+0+0) +25.53. Petr Hak (Czech Republic, 1+1+0+0) +29.24. Serhiy Suprun (Ukraine, 0+1+0+1) +50.55. Vladislav Chikhary (Ukraine, 1+1+0+1) +1:18.06. Nikita Akimov (Kazakhstan, 1+1+1+0) +1:26.6...

20. Stepan Kinas (Ukraine, 0+1+1+2) +3:40.2

Recall that the legendary Czech hockey player Václav Nedomanský called Russians a primitive nation in an interview with Czech media.

«In my opinion, Russians, except for brilliant writers or composers, are a primitive nation. This has always been the case, and it has become particularly relevant after 1918. There is still no respect for human life there,» Nedomanský stated.

Moreover, he emphasized that he never wanted to have anything in common with Soviet hockey players.

«When I played against Russians, few of them were mentally healthy. Some of our players were friends with them, visited them, but I never wanted to have anything to do with them,» Václav added.

Nedomanský debuted in the NHL in the 1977/78 season, where he played a total of 421 games for the Detroit, St. Louis, and Rangers over the next six seasons, scoring 278 points (122 goals and 156 assists).

He has a silver medal (1968) and a bronze medal (1972) from the Olympic Games, one gold medal (1972), five silver medals (1965, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1974), and three bronze medals (1968, 1970, 1973) from the World Championships.

Nedomanský is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto and the IIHF Hall of Fame. He is also part of the symbolic team of the best players in Czech history.