Norwegian biathlete Johannes Dahle-Sevdahl won the pursuit race at the fifth stage of the Biathlon World Cup in Ruhpolding, Germany.

Dale-Ševdal made one mistake on four firing lines and covered the 12.5 km distance in 30 minutes 23.9 seconds.

The second place was taken by the Frenchman Eric Perrault (lag – 4.9 seconds; 3 misses), the top three was closed by the Swede Martin Ponsiluoma (+7.5 seconds; 4 misses).

The leader of the overall World Cup standings, Italian Tommaso Giacomel, finished fifth (+8.5 seconds; 5 penalties).

The next stage of the Biathlon World Cup will be held from January 22 to 25 in the Czech city of Nove Mesto.

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.

Yaroslav Konkin won the big mass start at the third stage of the Alfa-Bank Russian Biathlon Cup in Demino (Yaroslavl region).

Konkin made one mistake on four shooting stages and covered the 15 km distance in 36 minutes 17.6 seconds. The second place was taken by the representative of Belarus Maxim Vorobey (lag – 6.8 seconds; 1 miss), the third was Karim Khalili (+12 seconds; 2).

The women’s big mass start will begin at 14:00 Moscow time. Watch the live broadcast of the race from 13:50 on the Match TV channel, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.