On Saturday, January 17, at the third stage of the Alfa-Bank Russian Biathlon Cup in Demin (Yaroslavl region), men’s and women’s pursuit races will be held.

The men will start at 11:30 Moscow time, the women’s race will begin at 14:45. The competition will be broadcast live on the Match TV channel, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.

For men, 60 athletes are included in the starting protocol, including Rustam Kayumov, Alexander Loginov, Eduard Latypov, Said Khalili, Kirill Bazhin, Daniil Serohvostov and Alexander Povarnitsyn.

The women’s application included 59 people, among the participants are Anastasia Khalili, Elizaveta Burundukova, Tamara Derbusheva, Victoria Slivko, Victoria Metelya, Natalia Shevchenko and Kristina Reztsova.

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Two-time Olympic champion Swede Hanna Oeberg won the sprint race at the Biathlon World Cup in Ruhpolding, Germany.

Oeberg avoided misses on two shooting stages and covered the 7.5 km distance in 19 minutes 10.7 seconds. The second place was taken by the leader of the overall standings, Frenchwoman Lou Jeanmonnot (lag – 7.5 seconds; 0 misses), the top three was completed by Italian Lisa Vittozzi (+11.7; 0).

The men’s sprint at the stage in Ruhpolding will take place on Saturday, the pursuit races on Sunday.

Biathlete Victoria Metelya said on Match TV that she was disappointed with the preparation of her equipment for the competition.

On Friday, Metelya took 11th place in the sprint at the third stage of the Alfa-Bank Russian Cup in Demino (Yaroslavl region).

— What didn’t work out today?

— I’m upset with today’s result. I did everything that depended on me, gave my all. But our skis don’t work at every start, and this is very disappointing. To be honest, I don’t even want to go to the start line with these skis.

– What is the reason why the skis don’t go?

– I don’t know. We have a large service team that works on this every day, but apparently we cannot choose the very option that will suit the athletes and allow them to perform comfortably,” Metelya said on Match TV.

On Saturday, the Russian Cup will feature women’s and men’s pursuit races.

Watch live broadcasts of the Alfa-Bank Russian Biathlon Cup races on the Match TV and Match! Arena”. You can also follow the progress of the competition on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.