News & Events in Belarus

MINSK, 12 March (BelTA) – Four-time Olympic champion Darya Domracheva won the Women’s 7.5km Sprint at BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon 7 in Kontiolahti on 9 March, BelTA has learned.

The Belarusian missed only one shot to secure her third World Cup win of the season in 20:56.8. Franziska Hildebrand of Germany finished second, shooting clean, 0.5 seconds back. Third place went to Italy’s Lisa Vittozzi, with one penalty, 5.5 seconds back.

Clean-shooting Nadezhda Skardino came in 11^th, 35.3 seconds back. Irina Krivko also shot clean to finish 15^th, 51.9 seconds back. Dinara Alimbekova was 46^th, with one penalty, 1:51.3 back. Nadezhda Pisareva missed two shots to cross the finish line 64^th, 2:19.2 behind the winner.

This sprint win became Darya Domracheva’s 31^st victory.

Darya Domracheva, with 496 points, is still fifth in the total score, with Kaisa Makarainen leading the table (623 points).