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MINSK, 11 January (BelTA) – Nadezhda Skardino of Belarus goes 16^th in the IBU overall standings after four BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon legs, BelTA informs.

The Belarusian holds 217 points. Darya Yurkevich has earned 67 points this season going 42^nd. Anastasia Duborezova is placed 50^th with 32 points, Irina Krivko 51^st with 29 points, Nadezhda Pisareva – 65^th with 13 points and Anna Sola – 71^st with four points.

The IBU women’s overall standings are topped by Czech Gabriela Soukalova with 503 points. Second goes French Marie Dorin-Habert with 468 points, with Germany’s Franziska Hildebrand in third (423 points).

The Belarusian national team is 9^th in the BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon overall standings (2,173 points). Germany leads with 2,856 points and is followed by the Czech Republic (2,545 points) and Ukraine (2,516).

The men’s World Cup total score are topped by France’s Martin Fourcade with 541 points. Second goes Norway’s Emil Hegle Svendsen with 422 points, with his teammate Tarjei Boe with 408 points.

Roman Yeletnov of Belarus is 46^th with 41 points, Alexander Dorozhko goes 55^th with 27 points, Vladimir Chepelin is 57^th with 26 points, Dmitry Dyuzhev – 65^th with 21 points, Sergei Bocharnikov – 74^th with five points. The Belarusian men’s national team is 11^th overall with 1,854 points. Norway is leading with 2,951 and is followed with Germany (2,681 points) and Russia (2,640).

BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon 5 will take place in Ruhpolding, Germany on 13-17 January.