MOSCOW, April 12 Russian biathlete Irina Kazakevich became the winner of the sprint Commonwealth Cup standings.
On Friday, Kazakevich took second place in the sprint race at the last stage of the Commonwealth Cup, which takes place in Murmansk. She has 436 points in the sprint competition. Tamara Derbusheva (406) took second place, Natalia Shevchenko (402) took third place.
The International Biathlon Union (IBU) Congress in September 2022 decided to uphold the suspension of Russian and Belarusian athletes from international competitions until further notice against the backdrop of the situation in Ukraine.