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In the Murmansk region, the level of a Russian biathlete who fled to Lithuania was assessed
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President of the Biathlon Federation of the Murmansk region Mikhail Voronkov commented on the refusal of biathlete Lidia Zhurauskaite from Russian citizenship.
On Thursday, July 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin granted the application of a 23-year-old athlete who played for the Murmansk region to renounce Russian citizenship. Now Zhurauskaite will play for Lithuania.
— We did not make any releases until official confirmation. Today it became known that she was signed a change of citizenship, and we were waiting for this moment. As for the level of the athlete, she is a master of sports in biathlon, but there were no great achievements at the level of Russia. Of course, in Lithuania she has more chances to perform at the same Olympics, because the competition is lower. I think life will show what she can achieve. Over the past two seasons, she practically did not compete in Russia, so it is difficult to assess her level.
The fact is that for the last two years she has already trained in Lithuania. Lydia really has Lithuanian roots through her grandfather. But the first reason is that the competition there is lower. In principle, I can’t say anything special about her, ”Match TV quotes Voronkov.
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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.
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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.
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Biathletes of the French national team / Photo: © picture alliance / Contributor / picture alliance / Gettyimages.ru
The French women’s team won the relay at the Biathlon World Cup in Oberhof (Germany).
The French team covered the distance in 1 hour 18 minutes and 21.9 seconds, spending eight additional rounds of ammunition on the firing lines.
The second place was taken by the Norwegian team (+53.7; 1 penalty loop; 7 additional rounds), the third place was taken by the German team (+1.28.4; 1; 13).
On Sunday, January 11, the men’s relay and women’s pursuit race will take place as part of the World Cup in Oberhof.
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