Russia (bbabo.net), - 11:53 Good afternoon, dear biathlon fans! We start our text broadcast of the women's sprint at the Beijing Olympics 11:55 Our starting numbers are -

Kristina Reztsova - 7

Uliana Nigmatullina - 36

Irina Kazakevich - 43Svetlana Mironova - 67 11:58 While we are waiting for the start - the news of the last hour - Alexander Bolshunov won the silver of the Olympics in the 15 km race with a separate start. Congratulations to our skier on this award! 12:01 Tiril Eckhoff opens this race. Started! 12:02 Justine Brezat-Boucher leaves for the race 12:03 Marte Olsbu-Røiseland started at 12:04 At the 0.9 km mark, Eckhoff's time was 3:03.8. We focus on him 12:04 Kristina Reztsova is leaving for the distance 12:05 But Breza-Boucher is still better with her feet than the first Norwegian - wins +2.5 12:05 Olympic champion in the individual race Denise Herrmann started 12:06 Expectedly, at around 0.9 km new leader - Olsby-Røiseland - 2:57.0 12:07 Kristina is still fourth - +4.2 from the Norwegian biathlete 12:08 Eckhoff misses on the first prone 12:08 Her time after the first shooting - 7:48.9 12:10 Breza-Busche too allows one miss. And the Austrian Katarina Innerhofer is still the leader after the shooting - 7:48.9 - she managed without misses 12:10 The leadership was short-lived. Accurate shooting Olsby-Røiseland - and she is the first - 7:48.9 12:11 Unfortunately, Kristina Reztsova misses on the first firing line 12:12 +26.9 from the Norwegian - she is still fourth. The speed is good, you need to keep it and shoot on the rack accurately 12:12 German Herrmann misses 12:16 Eckhoff misses again 12:17 Marte Olsby-Røiseland shoots to zero. It is possible that this is the future champion 12:17 Two misses by Innerhofer 12:18 Two misses by Justine Brezat-Boucher as well 12:18 Meanwhile Uliana Nigmatullina started 12:19 Wow! One miss on the rack at Reztsova. Well, now it's just a move - run, run, run 12:20 Accurate prone shooting brings Italian Dorothea Wierer to second place 12:21 Dinara Alimbekova from Belarus is very cheerful. And she definitely shoots prone 12:23 Denise Herrmann's standing miss, most likely, this will not allow her to get into the prizes today 12:23 Irina Kazakevich went to the distance 12:24 Marte Olsbu-Røiseland finishes - 20:44.3. She lies on the snow, she gave it her all today 12:24 While Reztsova is second! Christina, don't let go! 12:26 Wierer and the construction site pass without a miss. The Italian will have a good result 12:26 Uliana Nigmatullina has two prone misses 12:27 Kristina Reztsova finishes the race - +1:05.0 - this is the second result so far, let's keep our fingers crossed! 12:28 Alimbekova misses with the last shot in the standing position 12:28 Herrmann finishes - today she has no medals 12:29 Let's see what Wierer has. And Wierer is still second at another mark 12:31 Elvira Oeberg from Sweden becomes the new intermediate leader after the first shooting - she is faster than Olsby-Røiseland - nothing is clear in this race yet 12:32 Irina Kazakevich shoots for sure! 12:33 The last lap is hard for Dorothea Wierer, but she will keep her second place at the finish, pushing Kristina Reztsova to third position 12:34 Svetlana Mironova on the track. All Russians started 12:35 With zero leaves the second firing line Uliana Nigmatullina is still the 14th result 12:36 Ingrid Tandrevold from Norway both shootings went to zero and is still in fourth place 12:37 Oh, Irina Kazakevich has one miss on the counter! But we will continue to follow her result 12:38 Elvira Oeberg is accurate on the stand, she is already slightly behind Olsby-Røiseland. However, she has quite tangible chances for medals 12:39 Tandrevold finishes the race - and pushes Kristina Reztsova to fourth place 12:40 And the result of the Norwegian was attacked by Lisa Teresa Hauser from Norway - she moves to third place 12:40 Our intermediate leaders - Olsby -Roiseland, Wierer, Hauser 12:41 Uliana Nigmatullina finishes - she is ninth so far - +1:27.5 from the first place 12:41 Svetlana Mironova passes the first shooting line without misses 12:43 Elvira Oeberg, meanwhile, is in third place. The intrigue - whether it will remain for her at the finish line 12:44 Anais Bescond of France with one miss after two firing lines is in the top ten 12:45 Elvira Oeberg bids for silver! She is ahead of Wierer and finishes second - about 7 seconds between them 12:46 Irina Kazakevich finished - +1:39.4 from the leader. She is the 16th so far 12:47 Svetlana Mironova is the only one left at the distance, we are waiting for her second shooting 12:48 Oh, Svetlana has three misses 12:53 Judging by the protocol, it is unlikely that any of the girls who are at the distance, will be able to appear in the alignment in the top three 12:56 Almost 31 seconds will be in pursuit to win Olsby-Røiseland against Oeberg. Can you imagine the gap? 12:58 Svetlana Mironova is finishing the race. She is in the top 10 13:04 We conclude our broadcast with this 13:11 Congratulations to Marthe Olsbu-Røiseland, Elvira Oeberg and Dorothea Wierer with the results and look forward to the pursuit. Today, not everything worked out for the girls, tomorrow men will start in a similar discipline. See you soon! Today in Beijing, the Olympic champion in the biathlon sprint will be determined. Our team will include Kristina Reztsova, Uliana Nigmatullina, Svetlana Mironova, Irina Kazakevich.Sprint is a very fast paced race with two firing lines. Athletes will leave for the start after 30 seconds one after another. The first from us at a distance of 7.5 km will be Reztsova - she has the seventh starting number. Norway's Tiril Eckhoff and Marte Olsby-Roisland, French women Justine Brezat-Boucher and Anais Chevalier-Bouchet, as well as German Denise Herrmann, who here in Beijing became the Olympic champion in the individual race, will also be in the same group.

Four years ago, Laura Dahlmeier from Germany won the sprint in Pyeongchang, Marte Olsby came second, Veronika Vitkova from Czech Republic finished the top three. Neither Dahlmeier nor Vitkov will be seen today. In the last sprint of the current World Cup season, the podium looked like this: Elvira Oeberg (Sweden), Marte Olsbu-Roisland (Norway), Dorothea Wierer (Italy).

It is important to note that the results of today's sprint will determine in what order and at what intervals the girls will start in the pursuit race.

Text online broadcast of the women's biathlon sprint race will begin at 12.00 Moscow time.

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