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Maksim Varabei 5th in Men Sprint at Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk

Photo courtesy of the 29th Winter Universiade organizer

KRASNOYARSK, 6 March (BelTA) – Maksim Varabei of Belarus finished fifth in the Men Sprint at the 2019 Winter Universiade in Russia’s Krasnoyarsk on 6 March, BelTA has learned.

Maksim Varabei clocked 25:38.5 to place fifth. Gold went to Russia’s Eduard Latypov (25:01.2). His fellow compatriot Dmitry Ivanov took silver in 25:09.9. Bronze was collected by Russia’s Nikita Portshnev (25:11.5).

Belarus’ Ilya Avseyenko finished 8th (26:42.9). Viktar Kryuko did not compete due to an injury.

Belarus has won two gold medals in the Aerials so far.

The Universiade which is running from 2 to 12 March will have 76 medal events in 11 sports: biathlon, Alpine skiing, curling, cross-country skiing, snowboarding, ski orienteering, figure skating, freestyle, ice hockey, bandy and short track speed skating. Competing in the sport forum are about 3,000 athletes from more than 50 countries.

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