The Russian biathlete covered the distance in 26 minutes, 25.2 seconds, not allowing misses at the firing lines.

The victory was won by Belarusian Maxim Vorobey. The second place was taken by the Norwegian Fredrik Giesbuck.

Russian Kirill Streltsov finished the race seventh. Said Khalili - tenth, Vasily Tomshin - 13th, Ilnaz Mukhamedzyanov - 16th, Andrey Vyukhin - 21th.

Earlier it was reported that Irina Starykh became the second in the sprint at the IBU Cup in Italy.