THE RUSSIAN NATIONAL TEAM WILL TAKE PART IN THE WORLD CUP STAGE IN PARA CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING AND BIATHLON IN FINLAND

16 March 2021

Vuokatti (Finland) will host the final stage of the World Cup in cross-country skiing and biathlon of the International Paralympic Committee for the sports season 2020/2021.

The competition program includes 4 cross-country skiing and 2 biathlon races. On March 19, there will be medium-distance races, on March 20 - a sprint, on March 22 - at a long distance, and on March 23 - at a short distance.

Biathlon medals will be awarded on March 25 and 26 in sprint and individual races, respectively.

The Russian National Team included 18 athletes with physical impairments and 10 athletes with visual impairments.

PI Sports: Akzhana Abdikarimova (Moscow), Danila Britik (Moscow), Natalia Bratyuk (Arkhangelsk region), Alexey Bychenok (Moscow), Alexander Davidovich (Republic of Bashkortostan), Alexander Ganzei (Moscow) , Ivan Golubkov (Moscow / Komi Republic), Irina Gulyaeva (Moscow), Natalia Kocherova (Moscow), Ivan Kodlozerov (Arkhangelsk region), Vladislav Lekomtsev (Udmurt Republic), Vitaly Malyshev (Moscow region), Yulia Mikheeva (Moscow), Rushan Minnegulov (Republic of Tatarstan), Alexander Pronkov (Moscow), Ekaterina Rumyatseva (Moscow), Marta Zainullina (Republic of Tatarstan), Maria Iovleva (Republic of Komi).

Blind Sports: Nikolay Polukhin (Tyumen region, leading athlete Eduard Berezin), Stanislav Chokhlaev (Tyumen region, leading sportsman Oleg Kolodiychuk), Alexander Chulkin (Tyumen region), Alexander Artemov (Moscow, leading sportsman Ilya Cherepanov), Vladimir Khairullin (Perm Territory, host athlete Dmitry Gorshkov), Marina Galitsyna (Tyumen region, host athlete Maxim Pirogov), Vlada Umrilova (Perm Territory, host athlete Artem Veselov), Anna Panferova (Tula region, presenter athlete Andrei Zhukov) , Yulia Smirnova (Tyumen region, sports leader Roman Tarasov), Vera Khlyzova (Tyumen region, sports leader Natalya Yakimova).

The upcoming competition will be the second stage of the World Cup in the current sports season.

Previously, the World Cup stage was hosted by the city of Planica (Slovenia) from February 28 to March 10. The Russian National Team won the medal standings, having won 21 gold, 12 silver and 16 bronze medals.

According to the results of the competition, Vladislav Lekomtsev, Stanislav Chokhlaev and Ivan Golubkov took the lead in the intermediate offset of the World Cup in Cross-Country Skiing and Biathlon, and Vera Khlyzova in Biathlon.