Eduard Latypov, Alexander Loginov, Matvey Eliseev and Karim Khalili will take part in the race.

Each of them received a ticket to the final race of the World Championship in the amount of points scored for the past starts of the World Championship.

This principle of selection is due to the fact that they are not included in the top 15 of the overall standings of the World Cup and did not become medalists of the World Championship.

The men's mass start will take place on February 21st.

The race starts at 17:15 Moscow time.

At the Biathlon World Championships, Russian biathletes have not yet won a single medal. 

Earlier, Tcherezov praised Khalili for his performance in the individual race at the World Cup.