Olympic silver medalist Irina Kazakevich won the sprint race at the third stage of the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Biathlon Cup in Tchaikovsky (Perm Territory).

Kazakevich covered the 7.5 km distance in 21 minutes 40.5 seconds, without making a single mistake at two shooting ranges. Inna Tereshchenko was second (0 misses, lag – 9.7 seconds), the top three was closed by Kristina Reztsova (1 miss, +10 seconds).

Pursuit races will take place on Saturday at the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Cup stage. Men start at 9:00 Moscow time, women at 11:00.

Watch the live broadcast of the competition on the Match TV and Match Planet TV channels, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.

Presenter and commentator Dmitry Guberniev on Match TV reported that the International Biathlon Union (IBU) refused the accelerated procedure for considering the claim of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) to CAS regarding admission to international tournaments.

On December 11, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that the organization’s executive committee recommended that international federations not limit the access of athletes from Russia and Belarus to youth competitions in both individual and team disciplines. In addition, Russian and Belarusian athletes are allowed to compete at tournaments under national symbols, with the flag and anthem.

— Sergey Averyanov (head of the press service of the SBR) reports that the pests from the IBU refused the expedited procedure for considering our claim in CAS. We sent a separate request to the IBU regarding juniors and juniors. Will the federation listen to the International Olympic Committee, which recommended the return of young Russian and Belarusian athletes to international competitions? In other words, will the IBU be against our children? “This will be interesting,” Guberniev said on Match TV.

Three-time Olympic bronze medalist Eduard Latypov won the sprint race at the third stage of the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Cup in Tchaikovsky.

Latypov covered the 10 km distance in 25 minutes 39.9 seconds, without making a single mistake at two shooting ranges.

Evgeniy Sidorov was second (+4.5 seconds; no misses), the top three was rounded out by Daniil Serokhvostov (+21.5; one miss).

Later, at the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Cup stage, a women’s sprint will be held. The start of the race is scheduled for 11:30 Moscow time

Watch the live broadcast of the competition on the Match TV and Match Planet TV channels, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.