President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko congratulated the biathlete Anton Smolski with an overall victory in the Commonwealth Cup.
Smolsky took third place in the mass start of the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Cup stage in Murmansk on Sunday and won the overall tournament ranking for the 2023/24 season. The Belarusian scored 1167 points, the Russians came second and third Edward Latypov (1144) and Alexander Povarnitsyn (1006).
— The victory achieved in an uncompromising fight against the strongest Russian biathletes is the result of your hard work! Your victory was a wonderful occasion for strong emotions, offered to all biathlon fans in our country,” says the congratulatory message addressed to Lukashenko, quoted by BELTA.
Russian and Belarusian athletes have been suspended from participating in competitions held under the auspices of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) due to the situation in Ukraine.
Source : MatchTV
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