Evgeniy Sidorov won gold at the Spartakiad of the Strongest in Zlatoust. The Russian biathlete cleared all the targets, and on the track he was faster than Anton Smolsky.

For women in a similar discipline, Natalia Shevchenko rose to the highest step of the podium. Victoria Slivko, for whom bronze was already her third medal, took fourth. The hat-trick had to be postponed for two days due to three mistakes.