Saveliy Konovalov won the mass start at the Alfa-Bank Russian Biathlon Championship in Izhevsk.

Konovalov covered the 15 km distance in 41 minutes 24.7 seconds, without making a single mistake at four shooting ranges. Kirill Bazhin was second (lag – 5.6 seconds; 2 misses), third – Karim Khalili (+6.6; 1).

Earlier on Sunday, Victoria Metelya won the women’s mass start.

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.

Victoria Metelya won the mass start at the Alfa-Bank Russian Biathlon Championship in Izhevsk.

In the 12 km race, Metelya took first place with a result of 42 minutes 13.1 seconds, without making a single mistake on four shooting stages.

Victoria Slivko was second (lag – 8.2 seconds, 0 misses), the top three was closed by Anastasia Tomshina (+36.7, 1 miss).

Later on Sunday there will be a men’s 15 km mass start. Watch the race live from 12:15 (Moscow time) on the Match TV channel, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.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.