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Biathlete Natalia Shevchenko won the big mass start at the third stage of the Russian Cup
Natalia Shevchenko became the first in the large mass start at the third stage of the Alfa-Bank Russian Biathlon Cup in Demino (Yaroslavl region).
Shevchenko made one mistake on four shooting stages and covered the 12 km distance in 32 minutes 43.7 seconds. Tamara Derbusheva took second place (lag – 7 seconds; 0 misses), rounding out the top three was Victoria Slivko, who was 11.6 seconds behind the winner and made one miss.
The next stage of the Russian Cup will take place from February 26 to March 1 in Zlatoust (Chelyabinsk region).
Watch live broadcasts of the tournament on the Match TV channel, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source: Sportbox
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