TYUMEN, Apr 3 The first team of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug (KhMAO) won the men's 4×7.5 km relay at the Cup of the Russian Biathlon Union, which ended in Tyumen. The RBU Cup was held as part of the Russian Championship. The team, represented by Dmitry Ivanov, Petr Pashchenko, Mikhail Burundukov and Nikita Porshnev, covered the distance in 1 hour 18 minutes 7.9 seconds without entering a single penalty loop and using five extra rounds. The second was the team of Belarus (Ilya Avseenko, Dmitry Lazovsky, Ivan Tulatin, Nikita Lobastov), 6.1 seconds behind the winners and spending 10 extra rounds. The team of the Central Federal District (+32.2; 0+5), which was represented by Ilya Gavrilov, Artem Smirnov, Karim Khalili and Kirill Streltsov, was on the third line. The team of Udmurtia, represented by Evgeny Yemerkhonov, Alexander Povarnitsyn, Viktor Plitsev and Ilnaz Mukhamedzyanov (+45.5; 0+13). Earlier, the International Biathlon Union (IBU) suspended Russian and Belarusian athletes from their competitions amid the situation in Ukraine, on Tuesday the IBU suspended the membership of the Russian Biathlon Union and the Belarusian Biathlon Federation.
