Three-time Olympic bronze medalist Eduard Latypov won the individual race at the Alfa-Bank Russian Biathlon Championships in Izhevsk.

Latypov covered the 20 km distance in 54 minutes 3.5 seconds, making one mistake at four shooting ranges. Alexander Kornev was second (lag – 1 minute 28.7 seconds; 2 misses), third – Ilnaz Mukhamedzyanov (+1.33.4; 2 misses).

Later on Thursday, the women’s individual race will take place in Izhevsk.

Watch live broadcasts of biathlon competitions on TV channels of the Match family, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.

As part of the Alfa-Bank stage of the Russian Biathlon Championship in Izhevsk on Thursday, January 8, men’s and women’s individual races will be held.

The start of the competition for men is at 10:00 Moscow time, the start of the race for women is scheduled for 13:00. The live broadcast of the races will begin at 9:35 on the Match TV and Match TV channels! Arena” and “Match”! Planet”.

The men’s starting list includes 100 biathletes, including Rustam Kayumov, Alexander Loginov, Eduard Latypov, Anton Babikov, Said Khalili, Daniil Serohvostov and Alexander Povarnitsyn.

For women, 70 athletes are scheduled to start. This number included Anastasia Khalili, Irina Kazakevich, Tamara Derbusheva, Victoria Slivko, Victoria Metelya, Natalia Shevchenko, and Kristina Reztsova.

The distance of the men’s race will be 20 km, the women’s – 15 km.

You can also follow the competitions on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.

The International Biathlon Union (IBU) is organizing a farewell ceremony for Siewert Bakken before the sprint race at the World Cup in Oberhof, NRK reports, citing the IBU.

The race will begin with a minute of silence in memory of the athlete, and the Norwegian team will start wearing mourning armbands. The IBU also confirmed that Bakken will be assigned the first number in the race. Thus, biathlete number two will be the first to start.

The death of 27-year-old Bakken became known on December 23. The Norwegian Biathlon Association said the athlete was wearing a hypoxic mask when his body was found in a hotel room in Italy.

The sprint race in Oberhof will take place on January 8th.