Having finished the season atop the IBU World Cup standings, Belarus’ Dasha Domracheva came back to Minsk. The Belarusian women’s national biathlon team arrived to a warm welcome and was greeted by numerous fans who brought flags, banners, sang songs and offered the most sincere words of gratitude. The team and the champion were also greeted by Sports and Tourism Minister Alexander Shamko, First Vice President of the National Olympic Committee Maxim Ryzhenkov, head of the Belarusian Biathlon Federation Valery Vakulchik. Darya Domraacheva showed her maiden Big Crystal Globe to her most loving and devoted fan, her mother.
Darya Domracheva, Nadezhda Skardino, Irina Krivko, Anastasia Duborezova and Nadezhda Pisareva posed for a series of snaps with fans and talked to media.