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The tournament will last until February 11. The first two days of the competition will feature sprint and pursit events for men and women. Let us remind you that, based on the results of the fastest races with two firing lines, the best 60 participants are allowed to pursue with four shooting ranges. After six stages of the World Cup, the leaders in the standings in these disciplines are: sprint - Anna-Karin Olofsson (Sweden) and Mikael Greis (Germany); pursit - Linda Grubben (Norway) and Russian Dmitry Yaroshenko, who won silver three times in this type of program. At the 2005 World Championships in Hochfilzen (Austria), the winners of the sprint also excelled in the next race - the German Ursula Diesl, who had already completed her career, and the Norwegian Ole Einar Bjoerndalen did a double. At the Turin Olympics, German Sven Fischer and Frenchwoman Florence Baverel-Robert (sprint), her compatriot Vincent Defrasne and German biathlete Kati Wilhelm (pursuit) excelled in these disciplines.
BOBSLED. February 2-4. World Championship. St. Moritz.
On Friday and Saturday there will be races for women's two-man crews, and on Saturday and Sunday there will be bob-four competitions for men. In the absence of the injured Olympic and World Championship silver medalist 2006 Alexander Zubkov, our main hopes are connected with the quartet of Evgeny Popov. He confidently leads the World Cup standings after five starts - victories on American tracks in Park City and Lake Placid, silver in Calgary, Canada, and Igls, Austria. But world championships have their own laws. While German Andre Lange is in the shadows (sixth place in the cup standings), however, he always performs successfully at the main competitions of the season. Lange has won the last two Olympics and three world championships in this most prestigious discipline. After the sensational victory of the French crew of Bruno Mingeon in 1999, the Germans do not give the palm to anyone in the fours.
Unlike the cup stages at the world championship, the winner is determined not by the sum of two races, but by the total time of four attempts. St. Moritz regularly hosts world championships. This is the fifth time this has happened in two decades. Previous tournaments took place in 1987, 1990, 1997 and 2001.
SLED. February 2-4. World Championship. Eagles (Austria).
Competition schedule: Friday - team tournament, Saturday - men, Sunday - women and doubles. Formally, the races of two-man crews are considered a mixed discipline (sleigh runners of the stronger and weaker sex can participate), but in fact this type of program is for men.
This is the first world championship after the retirement of the famous German luger Georg Hackl, nicknamed “The Swift Sausage,” from the sport. In Russian history, none of our athletes have won medals at such tournaments. In Soviet times, Vera Zozulya (1978) and Sergei Danilin (1981) became gold winners. The most titled award seeker in Igls is Italian policeman Armin Zoggeler. His home collection includes five top awards from world championships (1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005).
The strongest luger in Russia, Albert Demchenko, missed two January stages of the World Cup in Germany due to injury. He didn’t start in Oberhof or Altenberg, but is planning to compete in Igls.
MOUNTAIN SKIING. February 3-4. World Championship. Øre (Sweden).
The tournament starts with the drawing of awards in the super-giant. Women compete on Saturday, men on Sunday. The championship will last more than two weeks and will end on February 18.
BANDY. January 29 - February 4. World Championship. Kemerovo.
On Monday, the Russian national team led by Sergei Lomanov will play with the Finns. The meeting starts at 15.00 Moscow time (the difference with Kemerovo is four hours). In the next round of the preliminary stage of Division “A” our opponent will be Kazakhstan (11.00), on Wednesday the battle will be with the Swedes (15.00). Then the participants will receive a day of rest, and on Friday at 15.00 the wards of Lomanov Sr. will examine their geographical neighbors - the Belarusians. The four best teams advance to Saturday's semifinals according to the "1--4", "2--3" scheme.
SKI RACING. February 3-4. World Cup stage. Davos (Switzerland).
Saturday's program includes a 10 km free race for women and 15 km for men, and 4x5 and 4x10 km relay races are planned for Sunday.
SKATES. February 3-4. World Cup stage. Turin (Italy).
A competitive weekend for speed walkers specializing in medium and long distances: “one and a half”, 3000 m (women), 5000 m (men) and team pursuit races.
SHORT TRACK. February 3-4. World Cup stage. Heerenveen (Holland).
SPRINGBOARD JUMPING. February 3-4. World Cup stage. Titisee-Neustadt (Germany).
SKIING combined. February 3-4. World Cup stage. Zakopane (Poland).
SNOWBOARD. February 2-3. World Cup stage. Bardonecchia (Italy). February 4. World Cup stage. Turin (Italy).
VOLLEYBALL. January 30 - February 1. Top Teams Cup. 1/4 finals. First matches. January 31st. Champions League. Men. 10th round . February 3. Super League. Men. 6th round . February 3-4. Super League. Women. 8th round .
Belgorod "Lokomotiv-Belogorye" in the final round of the group stage of the Champions League must beat the Austrian "Hipo Tirol" on their site in order to qualify for the playoffs. Gennady Shipulin's team will also be satisfied with the defeat of Buducnost (Montenegro) in Spain from Portola, but this match will start later, moreover, the club from Mallorca secured a ticket to the Round of Twelve ahead of schedule. On Wednesday, Iskra, which plays in the second most important Cup of top teams, hosts Chenoa (Switzerland) in Odintsovo. On the same day, the CSKA volleyball players will play away against the Belgian Asterix from Kildrecht.
BASKETBALL. January 30. ULEB Cup. 1/8 finals. First matches. January 31 - February 1. Euroleague ULEB. 14th round .
Late last Thursday night, CSKA won away from the Spanish Barcelona, trailing by 16 points after the first half, 78:70 in the extra five minutes. On Wednesday, in the final round of the first stage, the army team's guests will be the basketball players of the Turkish Fenerbahce. The “Red-Blues” in Group “C” have 12 wins, second place “Barca” has only 8. Our clubs in the ULEB Cup go to Serbia: “Crvena Zvezda” (Belgrade) - “Khimki”, “Gemofarm” (Vršac) -- UNICS.
HANDBALL. January 29 - February 4. World Championship. Men. Germany.
TENNIS. January 29 - February 4. ATP tournaments. Zagreb (Croatia). Carpet. Delray Beach (USA). Hard. Viña del Mar (Chile). Soil . BTA 1st category tournament. Tokyo (Japan). Carpet .
At both men's tournaments overseas, some of the fights will be held in a round-robin format.