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Biathlete Metelya won the individual race at the Russian Cup stage in Tyumen
Russian biathlete Victoria Metelya won the individual race at the second stage of the Alfa-Bank Russian Biathlon Cup in Tyumen.
She covered the 12.5 km distance in 35 minutes 11 seconds, without making a single mistake on four shooting ranges.
The second was Yulia Kovalenko (2 misses), who was 52.9 seconds behind the winner. The third result was shown by Kristina Reztsova (+1.02.4; 3 misses).
The men’s individual race had previously been moved from Thursday to Friday, December 12.
Watch live broadcasts of biathlon competitions on TV channels of the Match family, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru
Source: Sportbox
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A 77-year-old Russian woman received an international award for the best gaming moment in the shooter CS2
Russian streamer Olga Ivanovna, known under the nickname i_olga on the Twitch platform, won the “Best Gaming Moment of 2025” category as part of the international NNYS award.
During one of the streams, a 77-year-old woman was able to create a so-called “ace” in the shooter Counter‑Strike 2 – the moment when one player defeats the entire opposing team. A video of this moment was widely shared on social networks.
The pensioner lives in Nizhny Novgorod. About 250 thousand viewers have subscribed to her channel.
The NNYS Awards annually celebrate significant moments and select the best videos across 16 categories.
Source: Sportbox
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The RBU will resume Tyumen’s bid to host the World Championship, Maigurov said
The Russian Biathlon Union will resume Tyumen’s bid to host the World Championships, the head of the RBU, Viktor Maigurov, said on Match TV.
The last time the World Championship was held in Russia was in 2011, the tournament was hosted by Khanty-Mansiysk.
“We will renew Tyumen’s bid to host the World Cup,” Maigurov said on Match TV.
Russian biathletes have been suspended from international competitions since 2022 due to the conflict in Ukraine. On Wednesday it became known that the RBU filed a lawsuit with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to challenge the exclusion of athletes from Russia from competing under the auspices of the IBU.
At the moment, the venues for the World Championships are distributed until 2029 inclusive.
Source: Sportbox
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Biathlete Burundukova talks about the mass start at the Russian Cup stage in Tyumen: “Fourth place is already a breakthrough, so thanks to everyone”
Biathlete Elizaveta Burundukova said on Match TV that two misses prevented her from fighting to get into the top three in the mass start at the second stage of the Alfa-Bank Russian Cup, which is taking place in Tyumen.
The mass start took place on Sunday. Kristina Reztsova won, she ran 12 km in 34 minutes 58.2 seconds, making two mistakes at the shooting range. Second place went to Anastasia Grishina (+13 seconds, 0 misses), third place went to Victoria Meteli (+ 21.7 seconds, 1 miss).
Burundukova made two penalties and finished 30.4 seconds back.
“I’m very glad that I was accurate on the shooting range 15 times, but on the last one my legs began to shake, I became nervous and two unfortunate misses did not allow me to fight for the top three, but fourth place is already a breakthrough, so thanks to everyone,” said Burundukova.
Later on Sunday, the men’s mass start will take place in Tyumen. Watch the live broadcast of the race from 11:50 on the Match TV channels, and the broadcast will also be available on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source: Sportbox
Thomas Astudillo is a sports journalist and author who writes for Sportish. He has a deep love and knowledge of sports, and is known for his engaging and informative writing on the latest sports news and events.
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