Khalili became the champion of Russia in biathlon in the pursuit race

MOSCOW, March 14 Biathlete Karim Khalili became the champion of Russia in the men's pursuit championship of Russia in Ufa. The race was held as part of the championship of Russia and the Cup of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU). Khalili finished fourth. He covered the distance of 12.5 kilometers in 36 minutes 17.1 seconds, with two misses on four firing lines. Rustam Kayumov took the second place in the standings of the Russian championship (0.1 seconds behind Khalili; 2 misses), the third — Kirill Bazhin (+0.4; 2). Belarusian athletes took the whole podium in the race. The winner was Anton Smolsky, who covered the distance in 35 minutes 32.5 seconds, with three misses on four firing lines. The second was Dmitry Lazovsky (lag — 15 seconds; 2 misses). Third place went to Nikita Lobastov (+22.2; 2). Russian Daniil Serokhvostov finished eighth (+1.20.5; 4), Evgeny Garanichev — ninth (+1.30.5; 0), Eduard Latypov — 10th (+1.31 .4; 4), Nikita Porshnev — 14th (+2.02.2; 2), Anton Babikov — 15th (+2.04.8; 1), Alexander Loginov — 21st (+2.18.1; 6) .