On Saturday, January 24, at the fourth stage of the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Biathlon Cup in the Belarusian Raubichi, the men’s pursuit race will be held.

The competition will begin at 15:00 Moscow time. The live broadcast will be available from 15:00 on the Match TV and Match! Arena”, as well as the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.

44 athletes entered the race, including Olympic bronze medalists Eduard Latypov, Karim Khalili and Alexander Loginov, as well as Daniil Serokhvostov, Alexander Povarnitsyn, Kirill Bazhin.

Belarus will be represented by the silver medalist of the 2022 Olympics Anton Smolsky, as well as Stepan Danilov, Maxim Vorobey and others.

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On Saturday, January 24, in the Belarusian Raubichi, as part of the fourth stage of the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Biathlon Cup, the women’s pursuit race will be held.

The athletes will start the 10 km race at 12:00 Moscow time. Watch the live broadcast of the race from 11:50 on the TV channels “Match TV” and “Match! Arena”, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.

37 athletes entered the sprint. The race will be attended by Olympic silver medalists Irina Kazakevich, Kristina Reztsova and Svetlana Mironova, as well as Natalia Shevchenko, Inna Tereshchenko, Victoria Slivko, Victoria Metelya, Anastasia Khalili, Elizaveta Burundukova and other Russians.

Olympic champion Dinara Smolskaya, world championship bronze medalist Anna Sola, Elena Kulak, Irina Shakleina, Ksenia Vorobey, Victoria Shashkova and Anna Pestereva will compete for Belarus.

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Olympic biathlon champion Frenchwoman Justine Brezaz-Boucher won the 12.5 km individual race at the World Cup in Nove Mesto (Czech Republic).

Brezaz-Boucher made one mistake at four shooting stages and finished with a result of 35 minutes 50.3 seconds. Second place was taken by her compatriot Lou Jeanmonneau (lag – 1.4 seconds; 1 miss), the top three was completed by German Franziska Preuss (+1 minute 2.2 seconds; 2).

On Saturday, the single mixed relay and the mixed relay will take place in Nove Mesto.

The World Cup stage in the Czech Republic is the last one before the 2026 Olympic Games in Italy.