Two-time Olympic medalist Kristina Reztsova won the pursuit race at the Alfa-Bank Russian Biathlon Cup stage in Demino (Yaroslavl region).

Reztsova made two mistakes on four shooting stages and covered the 10 km distance in 27 minutes 55.8 seconds. Anastasia Khalili took second place (lag – 31.8 seconds; 2 misses), the top three was completed by Natalia Shevchenko (+1 minute 29.4 seconds; 6).

The men’s and women’s large mass starts will take place on Sunday. The men’s race starts at 11:30, the women’s at 14:00.

Watch live broadcasts on the Match TV channel, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.

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.