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IBU European Championships in Belarus to kick off with Individual events

Photo courtesy of the IBU

MINSK, 20 February (BelTA) – The IBU Open European Championships will kick off at the Raubichi Olympic Training Center near Minsk with two Individual events on 20 February, BelTA has learned.

The first event - Men’s 20km Individual – will start at 16h00. Belarus’ team will include Nikita Lobastov (No.15), Vladimir Chepelin (No.30), Sergei Bocharnikov (No.68), Raman Yaliotnau (No.91) and Anton Smolski (No.109).

The Women’s 15km Individual will kick off at 19h30. Belarus will field Dzinara Alimbekava (No.19), Iryna Kryuko (No.30), Elena Kruchinkina (No.51), Irina Kruchinkina (No.74) and Darya Yurkevich (No.82).

The events will be broadcast live by Belarus 5 TV channel.

Russia will send its strongest athletes to Raubichi. The Russian team chose not to travel to Canada and the United States for the BMW IBU World Biathlon Cups but to focus on the preparations for the IBU Open European Championships in Minsk.

The Raubichi Olympic Training Center hosted earlier both world and European biathlon championships. After major renovations the center hosted the 49th edition of the Biathlon Junior World Championships in 2015.

The 2019 IBU Open European Championships schedule:

20 February
16h00 – Men’s 20km Individual
19h30 – Women’s 15km Individual

21 February
16h00 – Single mixed relay
19h00 - 2x6+2x7.5 Mixed Relay
 
23 February
11h00 – Men’s 10km sprint
14h00 - Women’s 7.5km sprint

24 February
11h00 – Men’s 12.5km pursuit
13h00 – Women’s 10km pursuit

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