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Natalia Sokolova of Belarus wins mass start gold at world summer biathlon championships

Today Belarusian Natalia Sokolova won a gold medal in the 5km mass start competition with four shooting bouts at the world summer biathlon championships in Estonia, BelTA has been told in the Ministry of Sport and Tourism. She ran a good race today with just four shooting errors. Yesterday she won the champion’s title in the 3km sprint. Another Belarusian Anna Tsvetova finished the mass start race in the top ten. The best performing Belarusian in the men's event was Alexander Ustinov (12th position). Alexander Fridman came in 15th and Evgeny Kirpichnikov 26th.