Smolsky won the sprint at the first stage of the Commonwealth Biathlon Cup

15:10, 6 September

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Biathlete Anton Smolsky has started a new season of the Commonwealth Cup with a victory, in which the strongest Belarusian and Russian athletes take part, BelTA has learned.

The opening stage of the tournament takes place in the format of a summer biathlon in Krasnoyarsk. The first type of the men's program was the ten-kilometer sprint, which started with 62 biathletes. The leader of our team and the current winner of the Commonwealth Cup, Anton Smolsky, had the seventh schedule after the first firing line, where he made one mistake. At the distance, the Belarusian developed the highest speed and was impeccable in shooting from a standing position, thanks to which he left for the final lap with the best result. At the finish lap, Anton only developed his advantage, the final margin over Peter Paschenko, who became the second, was 23 seconds.

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