Biathlete Yevgeny Sidorov became the winner of the 12.5-kilometer men’s pursuit race at the fifth stage of the Alfa-Bank Russian Cup in Ufa.
The athlete started his pursuit from tenth position. Sidorov covered the distance in 34 minutes 36.7 seconds, without making any mistakes.
Anton Babikov finished second (+2.2, 1 miss), the leading trio was completed by Ilnaz Mukhamedzyanov (+4.8, 1 miss).
Sprint winner Eduard Latypov finished seventh, giving six penalties and losing 49.7 seconds to the winner.
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Russian Cup. 5th step. Ufa
Men. Pursuit race, 12.5 km
1 (10 initially). Evgeniy Sidorov – 34.36.7 (no misses)
2 (3). Anton Babikov – +2.2 (1)
3 (9). Ilnaz Mukhamedzyanov – +4.8 (1)
4 (6). Alexey Vagin – +41.3 (1)
5 (5). Petr Pashchenko – +49.2 (2)
6 (4). Karim Khalili – +49.5 (3).
Source : MatchTV

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