Russians scheduled two trial races, the results of which will be basic to decide who is going on World Cup. Top-4 men and top-5 women automatically will go to World Cup, one more - by coaches decision. Also 1 place has been booked for Anton Shipulin, but he won't to take part in competitions on December. He didn't run the race.
Men's sprint:
- 1. Dmitryi Malyshko (0) – 30.08,7
- 2. Evgenii Garanichev (0) +7,5
- 3. Alexandr Loginov (1) +11,8
- 4. Eduard Latypov (1) +20,1
- 5. Aleksey Slepov (1) +38,0
- 6. Petr Paschenko (2) +54,0
- 11. Matvei Eliseev (2) + 1.24.2
- 14. Anton Babikov (2) +1.44.8
- 16. Aleksey Volkov (1) + 1.59.2
- 18. Maksim Tsvetkov (3) +2.14.0
Women's sprint:
- 1. Ekaterina Yurlova (1) – 25.42,5 (0)
- 2. Evgeniya Pavlova (1) +18,2
- 3. Valeriya Vasnetsova (0)+ 28,4 (0)
- 4. Irina Staryh (1)+ 28,5 (0)
- 5. Margarita Vasileva (2)+ 38,1 (0)
- 6. Anastasiya Morozova (0) +47,3
- 7. Victoriya Slivko (1)+ 57,4 (0)
- 14. Uliana Kaisheva (1) + 1.44.4
- 17. Svetlana Mironova (4) + 2.18.1
