IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup Finals Underway in Mt. Washington

The final series of IPC Biathlon and Cross-Country Skiing World Cup races is currently being held in Mt. Washington, Canada. Athletes from 19 nations came to Mt. Washington to compete in two Biathlon and two Cross-Country Skiing races.

On 11 March the 7.5km Biathlon race took place, with the following results:

Women’s Visually Impaired Category

1 – Tatiana Ilyuchenko (RUS) with guide Valery Koshkin

2 – Mikhalina Lysova (RUS) with guide Salavat Gumerov

3 – Liubov Vasileva (RUS) with guide Viacheslav Goldinov

Women’s Sitting Category

1 – Irina Polyakova (RUS)

2 – Olena Iurkovska (UKR)

3 – Lyudmyla Pavlenko (UKR)

Women’s Standing Category

1 – Oleksandra Kononova (UKR)

2 – Anna Burmistrova (RUS)

3 – Shoko Ota (JPN)

Men’s Visually Impaired Category

1 – Evgeniy Safronov (RUS) with guide Salavat Gumerov

2 – Vitaliy Lukyanenko (UKR) with guide Volodymyr Ivanov

3 – Irek Mannanov (RUS)

Men’s Sitting Category

1 – Irek Zaripov (RUS)

2 – Kozo Kubo (JPN)

3 – Georges Bettega (FRA)

Men’s Standing Category

1 – Nils Erik Ulset (NOR)

2 – Yannick Bourseaux (FRA)

3 – Siarhei Silchanka (BLR)

The 10km Cross-Country Skiing race was staged on 12 March, with the following results:

Women’s Visually Impaired Category

1 – Tatiana Ilyuchenko (RUS) with guide Valery Koshkin

2 – Mikhalina Lysova (RUS) with guide Salavat Gumerov

3 – Yadviha Skorabahataya (BLR) with guide Vasili Haurukovich

Women’s Sitting Category

1 – Liudmila Vauchok (BLR)

2 – Colette Bourgonje (CAN)

3 – Olena Iurkovska (UKR)

Women’s Standing Category

1 – Anna Burmistrova (RUS)

2 – Oleksandra Kononova (UKR)

3 – Iuliia Batenkova (UKR)

Men’s Visually Impaired Category

1 – Nikolay Polukhin (RUS) with guide Andrey Tokarev

2 – Evgeniy Safronov (RUS) with guide Salavat Gumerov

3 – Vitaliy Lukyanenko (UKR) with guide Volodymyr Ivanov

Men’s Sitting Category

1 – Irek Zaripov (RUS)

2 – Roman Petushkov (RUS)

3 – Chris Klebl (USA)

Men’s Standing Category

1 – Nils Erik Ulset (NOR)

2 – Kirill Mikhaylov (RUS)

3 – Michael Kurz (AUT)