French biathlete Lou Jeanmonnot won the pursuit race at the third stage of the World Cup in Annecy (France).

The athlete, who started from the second position, covered the 10 km distance in 27 minutes 58.8 seconds, making one mistake at the shooting range.

The silver medal was won by the representative of Finland, Suvi Minkkinen (lag – 30.2 seconds, 0 misses), who climbed to the podium from sixth place at the start. Italian Dorothea Wierer repeated the result of the sprint and finished third (+32.7; 1 miss).

The winner of the sprint race, Hanna Oeberg, made four shooting errors and finished the pursuit seventh (+47.2).

Later on Saturday, the men’s pursuit race will take place at the Annecy World Cup.

Kristina Reztsova won the pursuit race at the third stage of the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Biathlon Cup in Tchaikovsky (Perm Territory)

The silver and bronze medalist of the Olympic Games covered the 10 km distance in 31 minutes 44.4 seconds, making two mistakes at the shooting range.

Inna Tereshchenko finished second (lag – 54.3 seconds; 3 misses), the top three was closed by Irina Kazakevich (+1.00.8; 3 misses).

On Sunday, at the stage of the Commonwealth Cup in Tchaikovsky, men’s (starts at 09:00 Moscow time) and women’s (12:00) mass starts will be held. Watch live broadcasts of the competition on the Match TV channel, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.

Belarusian Anton Smolsky won the pursuit race at the third stage of the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Biathlon Cup in Tchaikovsky (Perm region)

The Olympic silver medalist covered the 12.5 km distance in 33 minutes 50 seconds, without making a single mistake.

Russian Daniil Serohvostov finished second (lag – 26.9 seconds; 3 misses), the top three was rounded out by another Russian representative Eduard Latypov (+54.4; 4 misses).

Later on Saturday there will be a women’s 10km pursuit. Watch the live broadcast of the competition from 10:50 (Moscow time) on the Match TV channel, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.