MOSCOW, March 12 Biathlete Irina Kazakevich won the sprint at the final stage of the Cup Russia in Ufa. The sportswoman overcame the distance of 7.5 kilometers in 23 minutes 22.8 seconds, not allowing misses on two firing lines. The second was Kristina Reztsova (lag — 4.7 seconds; 1 miss), the third — Belarusian Irina Leshchenko (+11.0; 0), the fourth — her compatriot Dinara Alimbekova (+20.8; 2), the fifth — Tamara Derbusheva ( +38.5; 1), seventh — Svetlana Mironova (+44.1; 2), tenth — Victoria Slivko (+1.06.3; 1), 11th — Larisa Kuklina (+1.08.3; 1), 20 th — Tatyana Akimova (+2.01.9; 2), 25th — Valery Vasnetsova (+2.30.3; 3). Earlier, the executive committee of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommended that sports federations not allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete because for the aggravation of the situation in Ukraine. After that, the International Biathlon Union (IBU) suspended Russian athletes from participating in competitions. The Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) reported that it would defend the rights of athletes in court. At the competitions in Ufa, awards are played in two categories: Russian athletes compete for the Russian Cup awards, all participants in the competition for the RBU Cup awards.
