MOSCOW, January 15 Russian Petr Pashchenko won a bronze medal at the International Cup Biathlon Union (IBU) in Brezno-Osrblie (Slovakia). The victory in the 10 km race was won by the Frenchman Emilien Claude (24 minutes 35.8 seconds), who made one miss. The second was the Norwegian Sindre Pettersen (+15.0 seconds; three misses). Pashchenko made one penalty and lost 17.5 seconds to Claude. Russian Vasily Tomshin (+23.2; two misses) finished fifth, Dmitry Ivanov (+30.5; one miss) seventh, Mikhail Pervushin (+47.8; two misses) — tenth, Nikita Porshnev (+1.20.6; three misses) — 19th, Ilnaz Mukhamedzyanov (+1.24.7; five misses) — 21st. Initially, the sprint was supposed to take place on Friday, but was rescheduled for Saturday due to strong winds. Saturday's men's pursuit has been cancelled.
