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Biathlete Victoria Metelya won the mass start at the Russian Championships in Izhevsk
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.
Source: Sportbox
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