Skier Ardashev talks about winning the sprint: I thought that I would no longer be able to fight for high positions. Ivan Gorbunov finished in second position with a lag of 0.4 seconds.
Earlier it was reported that Alexander Bolshunov did not reach the sprint final at the Kyrgyz Republic in Kirovsk for the first time this season. The top three were closed by Dmitry Puzanov (+0.8) and Alexander Kuznetsov (-0.7)