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MINSK, 7 September (BelTA) – Anton Smolski has won the pursuit at the first stage of the 2025/26 Commonwealth Cup held in Russia’s Sochi, BelTA has learned.
At the initial stage, athletes competed in summer biathlon on roller skis. Anton Smolski began the 12.5 km race 17 seconds back in third. Despite one miss at the first shoot, the Belarusian surged into the lead after the second prone stage. A single penalty in standing – just one miss out of ten shots – was not enough to challenge his dominance, and he retained first place. The Belarusian held on to finish a dominant minute ahead of silver medalist Nikita Porshnev of Russia. Oleg Domichek completed the podium in third.
Regarding other Belarusian competitors, the final placements were as follows: Stsiapan Danilau (13th), Mikita Labastau (16th), Maksim Varabei (19th), Ilya Auseyenka (21st), Aleksandr Golyak (22nd), Aleksei Logvinov (23rd), Pavel Belko (24th), Kirill Baburov (28th), and Denis Yeremov (31st).
Overall, the Belarusian team secured four medals in Sochi (one gold and three bronzes), including the relay bronze medals won by Kseniya Varabei/Irina Shakleina and Maksim Varabei/ Stsiapan Danilau the previous day.
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