MINSK, 22 August (BelTA) – Competing in the 2019 IBU Summer Biathlon World Championships at the Raubichi Olympic Center on 23-25 August will be about 250 athletes (including juniors) from 26 countries, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Biathlon Federation.
Competing for Belarus will be Iryna Kryuko, Dzinara Alimbekava, Hanna Sola, Iryna Kruchynkina and Alena Kruchynkina, and also Raman Yaliotnau, Anton Smolski, Sergey Bocharnikov, Maksim Varabei, Viktar Kryuko.
The list of participants will include many renowned athletes: Timofey Lapshin, Anna Frolina, Andrejs Rastorgujevs, Ekaterina Glazyrina, Larisa Kuklina, Krasimir Anev, Valj and Vita Semerenko, Sergey Semenov and others.
The Belarusian junior team will comprise Natallia Karnitskaya, Karyna Anufryienka, Alina Pilchuk, Darya Kudayeva, Arina Yaborova, Anna Musatova, Dzmitry Lazouski, Mikita Labastau, Roman Chepyzhov, Kiryl Tsiuryn, Aliaksandr Matskevich, Ilya Auseyenka, and Stsiapan Danilau.
The Raubichi Olympic Center hosted its first IBU Summer Biathlon World Championships in 1999.