As part of the TECHNONICOL Race of Champions in biathlon and skiing in Ryazan on Sunday, January 4, a mixed relay will be held.

10 teams, formed of 4 athletes each: a skier, a cross-country skier, a biathlete and a biathlete, will take to the start line. The composition of the teams was determined based on the results of the qualifications.

You can follow the progress of the race on the Match TV channel from 11:30 Moscow time, as well as on the websites sportbox.ru and matchtv.ru.

Compositions of participating teams:

Latypov’s team: Lidiya Gorbunova, Elizaveta Burundukova, Eduard Latypov, Alexander Bakurov;

Stepanova’s team: Natalia Shevchenko, Veronika Stepanova, Ivan Yakimushkin, Daniil Usov;

Bazhin’s team: Alina Pekletsova, Inna Tereshchenko, Kirill Bazhin, Egor Mitroshin;

Lazovsky’s team: Irina Kazakevich, Ekaterina Smirnova, Alexander Terentyev, Dmitry Lazovsky;

Povarnitsyn’s team: Elizaveta Maslakova, Kira Dyuzheva, Alexander Povarnitsyn, Denis Spitsov;

Stupak team: Dinara Smolskaya, Yulia Stupak, Pavel Solovyov, Evgeniy Sidorov;

Kornev’s team: Alexander Kornev, Sergey Volkov, Ekaterina Nikitina, Svetlana Mironova;

Loginov’s team: Artem Maltsev, Alexander Loginov, Victoria Slivko, Alena Baranova;

Smolsky team: Anton Smolsky, Ivan Gorbunov, Tatyana Sorina, Polina Plyusnina;

Babikov’s team: Konstantin Tiunov, Anton Babikov, Tamara Derbusheva, Anastasia Faleeva.

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Belarusian Anton Smolsky and Russian Natalia Shevchenko became the winners of the skiing and biathlon qualification “TechnoNIKOL. Race of Champions” in Ryazan among biathletes.

Smolsky covered 5 km in 13 minutes 19.8 seconds and made one miss on four shooting ranges. Second place went to Alexander Kornev (+16.0; 2 misses), third place went to Alexander Povarnitsyn (+22.0; 2). Three-time Olympic bronze medalist Eduard Latypov showed the fifth result (+26.9; 3).

Shevchenko avoided mistakes and became the best among women – 14 minutes 18.6 seconds. Irina Kazakevich (+23.9; 1) had the second time, Belarusian Dinara Smolskaya (+32.5; 1) took third place.

At these moments, the skiers are qualifying.

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

The first start of the TECHNONICOL Race of Champions in biathlon and skiing will take place on January 3 in Ryazan.

On the first day, the athletes will perform in qualifications, based on the results of which the lineups for the mixed relay will be formed. The Match TV channel will show the qualifying races live from 11:30 Moscow time.

10 teams will take part in the relay, each with 4 athletes: a skier, a skier, a biathlete and a biathlete.

Biathletes Eduard Latypov, Alexander Loginov, Victoria Slivko, as well as Belarusian Dinara Smolskaya and others have been announced for the competition. The skiers will be attended by Sergey Ardashev, Veronika Stepanova, Tatyana Sorina, Natalya Terentyeva and others.

Also follow the progress of the qualifications on the websites sportbox.ru and matchtv.ru.

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