Only in January, Anton Babikov returned to the main Russian team, had a couple of good races, and today the victory came.
He is doing shooting 20/20 the only one, out of 106 participants in the individual race. Anton left for the last lap with a comfortable gap of 46 seconds over Tarjei Boe. But at the next mark, Tarjei lost him only 14 seconds! We don't know what is the problem for such a drop in speed, maybe a fall, or another nuisance. But the remaining 1300 meters, the Russian went a little worse than the Norwegian, and didn't give up the victory!
Now Russian couches have to think about the roster for the Olympics. The roster that was announced a couple of days ago - without Babikov.
But the surprises don't end there, another Russian Karim Khalili, who performed very mediocrely throughout the current season, was able to make his way to the podium. And the last lap he beat Johannes Boe, and the Norwegian could not close the gap of 10 seconds. First bronze and podium for Khalili.
The French look weak. Emilien Jacquelin, before the last shooting, only claimed the podium, with his impeccable shooting (15/15). And on the last lap, he completely lost more than a minute to Tarjei Boe.
Desthieux, Claude, and Fillon Maillet are quite high in the finish protocol, but lost a lot in time to their opponents.
Another great performance from Campbell Wright, and he is no longer amazing with his top 30 finishes. Maybe get into the mass start?
Sweden's reserve performed disgracefully. The best Swede, Stegmayer just 67th. Another - out of top-80.
| Name | Shooting | - | Time | ||
| 1 |  |
Anton Babikov | 0+0+0+0 | 0 | 49:46.8 |
| 2 |  |
Tarjei Boe | 0+0+0+2 | 2 | +9.7 |
| 3 | |
Said Khalili Karimulla | 0+0+1+0 | 1 | +48.5 |
| 4 | |
Johannes Thingnes Boe | 0+2+1+0 | 3 | +50.5 |
| 5 | |
Sturla Laegreid Holm | 0+1+0+2 | 3 | +1:32.9 |
| 6 |  |
Simon Desthieux | 1+1+1+0 | 3 | +2:08.2 |
| 7 | |
Alexandr Loginov | 1+0+0+2 | 3 | +2:16.3 |
| 8 | |
Fabien Claude | 1+1+1+0 | 3 | +2:22.4 |
| 9 |  |
Paul Schommer | 1+0+0+1 | 2 | +2:26.5 |
| 10 | |
Emilien Jacquelin | 0+0+0+2 | 2 | +2:27.9 |
| 11 |  |
Benjamin Weger | 1+1+0+0 | 2 | +2:37.8 |
| 12 |  |
Benedikt Doll | 0+2+1+1 | 4 | +2:44.6 |
| 13 | |
Vetle Sjastad Christiansen | 0+3+0+1 | 4 | +2:52.8 |
| 14 |  |
Michal Krcmar | 1+2+0+0 | 3 | +3:08.7 |
| 15 |  |
Campbell Wright | 0+1+1+0 | 2 | +3:09.8 |
| 16 |  |
Simon Eder | 1+1+0+1 | 3 | +3:13.9 |
| 17 | |
Niklas Hartweg | 1+1+0+0 | 2 | +3:16.9 |
| 18 |  |
Olli Hiidensalo | 0+1+0+2 | 3 | +3:23.7 |
| 19 |  |
Anton Smolski | 0+2+0+1 | 3 | +3:30.1 |
| 20 | |
Quentin Fillon Maillet | 1+0+3+1 | 5 | +3:31.5 |
| 21 | |
David Komatz | 0+0+0+1 | 1 | +3:36.7 |
| 22 | |
Justus Strelow | 0+0+1+1 | 2 | +3:49.3 |
| 23 | |
Tero Seppala | 2+2+0+0 | 4 | +3:50.0 |
| 24 |  |
Rene Zahkna | 1+0+0+1 | 2 | +3:53.5 |
| 25 | |
Mikita Labastau | 1+0+0+1 | 2 | +3:59.4 |
| 26 | |
Sebastian Stalder | 1+0+0+1 | 2 | +4:01.1 |
| 27 |  |
Thomas Bormolini | 0+1+1+1 | 3 | +4:07.6 |
| 28 | |
Dzmitry Lazouski | 0+1+1+0 | 2 | +4:10.1 |
| 29 | |
Antonin Guigonnat | 1+1+2+0 | 4 | +4:14.7 |
| 30 | |
Sivert Bakken Guttorm | 1+2+1+1 | 5 | +4:25.2 |
| 31 | |
David Zobel | 2+2+0+0 | 4 | +4:27.1 |
| 32 |  |
Miha Dovzan | 0+2+0+1 | 3 | +4:29.4 |
| 33 |  |
Tsukasa Kobonoki | 1+1+0+1 | 3 | +4:29.6 |
| 34 | |
Jake Brown | 1+2+1+0 | 4 | +4:34.6 |
| 35 | |
Maksim Varabei | 1+1+0+0 | 2 | +4:52.4 |
| 36 |  |
Asset Dyussenov | 1+0+0+2 | 3 | +4:53.9 |
| 37 |  |
Christian Gow | 1+0+0+2 | 3 | +5:00.0 |
| 37 | |
Patrick Jakob | 0+1+1+0 | 2 | +5:00.0 |
| 39 | |
Lovro Planko | 1+0+1+2 | 4 | +5:11.7 |
| 40 | |
Tuomas Harjula | 1+0+1+1 | 3 | +5:25.4 |
| 41 | |
Felix Leitner | 0+1+1+3 | 5 | +5:27.4 |
| 42 | |
Martin Jaeger | 1+2+1+1 | 5 | +5:32.6 |
| 43 | |
Lukas Hofer | 1+2+2+1 | 6 | +5:50.1 |
| 44 |  |
Dmitrii Shamaev | 0+0+0+2 | 2 | +5:50.4 |
| 45 |  |
Florent Claude | 1+0+1+2 | 4 | +5:52.4 |
| 46 |  |
Dimitar Gerdjikov | 2+0+1+0 | 3 | +5:52.8 |
| 47 |  |
Anton Dudchenko | 1+0+3+0 | 4 | +5:57.5 |
| 48 | |
Kalev Ermits | 2+0+1+1 | 4 | +6:04.3 |
| 49 | |
Didier Bionaz | 1+0+0+3 | 4 | +6:04.7 |
| 50 | |
Tommaso Giacomel | 1+2+2+1 | 6 | +6:06.7 |
| 51 | |
Milan Zemlicka | 0+0+1+1 | 2 | +6:09.5 |
| 52 | |
Jakub Stvrtecky | 0+2+2+1 | 5 | +6:18.0 |
| 53 |  |
Tomas Sklenarik | 0+0+3+1 | 4 | +6:20.3 |
| 54 | |
Leif Nordgren | 0+1+1+1 | 3 | +6:22.8 |
| 55 | |
Artem Tishchenko | 0+2+0+1 | 3 | +6:24.3 |
| 56 | |
Filip Andersen | 0+2+1+2 | 5 | +6:32.4 |
| 57 |  |
Andrzej Nedza-kubiniec | 1+1+1+0 | 3 | +6:34.2 |
| 58 | |
Adam Vaclavik | 2+1+2+2 | 7 | +6:40.9 |
| 59 | |
Lucas Fratzscher | 2+0+2+1 | 5 | +6:50.4 |
| 60 | |
Eric Perrot | 1+1+0+1 | 3 | +6:53.0 |
| 61 | |
Rok Trsan | 1+1+1+0 | 3 | +6:56.9 |
| 62 | |
Bogdan Tsymbal | 1+2+2+0 | 5 | +7:05.8 |
| 63 | |
Harald Lemmerer | 0+1+1+3 | 5 | +7:06.3 |
| 64 | |
Artem Pryma | 1+0+4+1 | 6 | +7:08.8 |
| 65 | |
Marco Gross | 0+2+0+1 | 3 | +7:10.7 |
| 66 | |
Mikito Tachizaki | 0+0+0+2 | 2 | +7:17.4 |
| 67 |  |
Gabriel Stegmayr | 0+0+0+3 | 3 | +7:19.3 |
| 68 |  |
Karol Dombrovskij | 1+2+1+2 | 6 | +7:23.4 |
| 69 | |
Raman Yaliotnau | 2+1+1+2 | 6 | +7:29.0 |
| 70 | |
Sean Doherty | 1+3+1+1 | 6 | +7:30.5 |
| 71 | |
Scott Gow | 1+1+2+1 | 5 | +7:32.3 |
| 72 | |
Kosuke Ozaki | 1+0+1+1 | 3 | +7:38.6 |
| 73 | |
George Buta | 2+0+3+0 | 5 | +7:47.5 |
| 74 |  |
Pavel Magazeev | 2+1+2+0 | 5 | +7:55.1 |
| 75 | |
Anton Sinapov | 2+1+0+3 | 6 | +8:14.7 |
| 76 | |
Jakov Fak | 2+1+3+1 | 7 | +8:25.5 |
| 77 | |
Dominik Windisch | 3+3+1+1 | 8 | +8:36.4 |
| 78 | |
Vladimir Iliev | 3+3+0+2 | 8 | +8:47.8 |
| 79 | |
Michal Sima | 3+1+0+2 | 6 | +8:56.2 |
| 80 | |
Heikki Laitinen | 1+2+1+3 | 7 | +9:09.1 |
| 81 |  |
Aleksandrs Patrijuks | 1+2+2+1 | 6 | +9:13.8 |
| 82 | |
Lukasz Szczurek | 2+0+0+3 | 5 | +9:15.5 |
| 83 | |
Simon Hallstroem | 2+0+3+2 | 7 | +9:17.3 |
| 84 | |
Mikulas Karlik | 1+3+3+1 | 8 | +9:19.8 |
| 85 | |
Danil Beletskiy | 0+2+0+1 | 3 | +9:20.1 |
| 86 | |
Raido Raenkel | 1+2+3+2 | 8 | +9:25.6 |
| 87 | |
Adam Runnalls | 1+1+1+5 | 8 | +9:45.8 |
| 88 |  |
Damir Rastic | 1+0+3+2 | 6 | +9:46.2 |
| 89 | |
Malte Stefansson | 2+2+3+1 | 8 | +9:50.1 |
| 90 | |
Simon Bartko | 1+2+1+3 | 7 | +9:51.0 |
| 91 | |
Taras Lesyuk | 2+2+2+1 | 7 | +9:59.9 |
| 92 | |
Roberts Slotins | 2+0+2+2 | 6 | +10:10.0 |
| 93 | |
Alex Cisar | 0+1+4+1 | 6 | +10:25.8 |
| 94 |  |
Dujin Choi | 2+0+2+1 | 5 | +10:32.9 |
| 95 | |
Grzegorz Guzik | 4+2+2+1 | 9 | +11:01.0 |
| 96 | |
Edgars Mise | 4+0+1+0 | 5 | +11:07.0 |
| 97 | |
Oskar Brandt | 3+3+0+3 | 9 | +11:09.6 |
| 98 | |
Jules Burnotte | 1+4+2+2 | 9 | +11:20.4 |
| 99 | |
Tom Lahaye-goffart | 0+2+0+3 | 5 | +11:35.8 |
| 100 | |
Beauvais Cesar | 1+1+0+5 | 7 | +12:53.0 |
| 101 | |
Maksim Makarov | 1+3+5+1 | 10 | +13:05.5 |
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Alexander Povarnitsyn | 5+2+1 | 0 | ||
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Przemyslaw Pancerz | 1+2+1 | 0 | ||
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Philipp Horn | 0 | |||
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Daniil Serokhvostov | 0 | |||
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Julian Eberhard | 0 | |||
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Maxim Tsvetkov | 0 |
