Raubichi Hosts First Day of Belarus Open Biathlon Championships

The first stage of the Open Biathlon Championship and the Summer Junior Biathlon Championship of the Republic of Belarus took place at the Raubichi Republican Center of Olympic Preparation.

Before the start, in a ceremonial atmosphere, Veronika Pozniak, Anastasia Titova, Pavel Matsul and Maksim Buinitski were presented with "Master of Sport of the Republic of Belarus" certificates.

In the men's sprint, the victory went to the leader of the national team, Anton Smolski.

Men's sprint results, Open Championship:

1st place – Anton Smolski (Minsk Region) – (1) 24:43.7
2nd place – Dmitri Lazovski (Minsk) – (0) +11.1
3rd place – Ivan Tulatin (Minsk) – (1) +19.4


Photo: Denis Kostyuchenko

In the Summer Junior Biathlon Championship, the top three winners are as follows:

1st place – Alexander Shikun (Minsk) – (2) 26:29.5
2nd place – Alexander Sknarin (Minsk) – (3) +37.1
3rd place – Maksim Buinitski (Vitebsk Region) – (6) +1:39.7

Congratulations to Ksenia Vorobei from the Minsk Region on her win in the sprint at the Open Championship.

Photo: Denis Kostyuchenko

Women's sprint results, Open Championship:

1st place – Ksenia Vorobei (Minsk Region) – (0) 21:51.7
2nd place – Anna Makarskaya (Gomel Region) – (0) +10.7
3rd place – Dinara Smolskaya (Mogilev Region) – (2) +20.1

Photo: Denis Kostyuchenko

Results of the Summer Junior Biathlon Championship of the Republic of Belarus, junior women:

1st place – Diana Rudnitskaya (Minsk) – (1) 22:45.8
2nd place – Anastasia Titova (Vitebsk Region) – (1) +11.7
3rd place – Anna Svetlova (Minsk Region) – (1) +55.4

And finally, a bit of the atmosphere from the first day of the competition!