three-time olympic champion alexander balshunov leaves no chance for his opponents.he extended his streak to thirteen victories by convincingly winning the fifteen-kilometer time trial freestyle. the second was artyom maltsev, the third was savily korostelev. for women , in a similar format, but at a distance of 10 km , the olympic champion in the relay, veronika stepanova, took the lead. cheykovsky hosts the final races of the russian open biathlon championship. in in the five-kilometer super sprint , alexander bektuganov and tamara derbusheva became the best. the first one made two mistakes, overtaking eduard latypov and alexander kornev at the finish line. derbusheva had three mistakes on the shooting range, which did not prevent her from leaving belarusian anna sola and compatriot natalya shevchenko behind. eight russian tennis players ended up in the village. at the australian open, which starts next sunday. in the men's draw, daniil medvedev received the third number, andrei rublev - the fifth. this means that they will not be able to meet before the final. ano