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“Race of Champions” in biathlon and skiing: when does it start, where to watch the mixed relay online on January 4

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January 3, 2026

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“Race of Champions” in biathlon and skiing: when does it start, where to watch the mixed relay online on January 4

Alexander Kornev / Photo: © RIA Novosti / Alexander Vilf

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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Italian biathlete Giacomel won the pursuit race at the World Cup in Oberhof and led the overall standings

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January 10, 2026

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Italian biathlete Giacomel won the pursuit race at the World Cup in Oberhof and led the overall standings

Tommaso Giacomel / Photo: © Kevin Voigt / Contributor / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru

Italian Tommaso Giacomel won the pursuit race at the fourth stage of the Biathlon World Cup in Oberhof (Germany).

Giacomel, who started first, covered the 12.5 km distance in 37 minutes 15.4 seconds; the Italian made six misses in four shooting ranges. The second place was taken by the Norwegian Martin Uldahl (lag – 4.5 seconds; 4 misses), the third – by the Swede Sebastian Samuelsson (+8.8; 6).

Jacomel won his third race in a row, scored 611 points and led the overall World Cup standings ahead of Johan-Olav Botn (560) from Norway.

Later on Saturday the women’s relay will take place in Oberhof.

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Biathlon World Cup winner Valery Noskov died at the age of 60

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January 10, 2026

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Biathlon World Cup winner Valery Noskov died at the age of 60

Valery Noskov / Photo: © Russian Biathlon Union

The winner of the World Cup stages, international master of sports of the USSR in biathlon, Valery Noskov, died at the age of 59, reports the press service of the Russian Biathlon Union.

The causes of Noskov’s death have not been specified.

In 1988, Noskov became the silver medalist of the USSR Championship in the sprint race. He won the relay at the World Cup. At the 1990 World Championships, Noskov took ninth place in the sprint race in Holmenkollen, and in the relay race held in Kontiolahti, he became fifth as part of the USSR national team. The last time he took part in the World Cup was in the 1991/92 season, at the stage in Hochfilzen he took 13th place in the individual race. After finishing his sports career, Noskov worked as a biathlon coach at CSKA.

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Bazhin and Shevchenko won the mixed single at the Russian Biathlon Championships in Izhevsk

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January 10, 2026

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Bazhin and Shevchenko won the mixed single at the Russian Biathlon Championships in Izhevsk

Kirill Bazhin (right) / Photo: © RIA Novosti / Alexey Filippov

The first team of the Sverdlovsk region, consisting of Kirill Bazhin and Natalia Shevchenko, won the single mixed relay at the Alfa-Bank Russian Biathlon Championships in Izhevsk.

Bazhin and Shevchenko used seven additional rounds, avoided penalty loops and achieved a result of 35 minutes 22.1 seconds. Second were Rustam Kayumov and Anastasia Zyryanova from the second team of the Moscow region (lag – 4.9 seconds; 0 penalty loops and 4 additional rounds), third – Mikhail Burundukov and Victoria Slivko (Tyumen region-1; +25.5; 0+8).

The men’s and women’s mass starts will take place on Sunday.

Watch live broadcasts of the Russian Biathlon Championship on TV channels of the Match family, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.

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