before the race I was thinking about whether to run – RT in Russian

“There is still a small emptiness. Before the start, I was still thinking whether I should run or not, because I had to leave. I thought it wouldn’t be too hard before the road. I approached him calmly, I wanted to work on my standing shooting and correct my mistakes. It’s good that we succeeded,” Povarnitsyn said on Match TV.

The athlete covered the distance in 40:53.3, making one miss on four shooting ranges.

Ivan Kolotov took second place. The top three was completed by Viktor Plitsev.

Former biathlete Khalili won in the big mass start at the Russian Cup stage.