On Sunday, November 29, the second race of the 2020/21 Biathlon World Cup for men took place in Kontiolahti, Finland. After the individual, which the Norwegian Sturla Lagrade won the day before, the athletes went to the start of the sprint.

The victory in the race was won again by the representative of Norway - this time the main favorite of the World Cup Johannes Be became the first. He was 44.1 seconds ahead of Sweden's Sebastian Samuelsson, who finished second.. Third place was taken by his compatriot Martin Ponsiluoma. The Ukrainians failed the race - none of our compatriots drove into the points zone. The best was Dmitry Pidruchny with 57th result.

WORLD CUP 2020/21 Kontiolahti (Finland) Men's Sprint Race 1. Johannes Bjo (Norway) 23: 53.0 (0 + 0) 2. Sebastian Samuelsson (Sweden) +44.1 (1 + 0) 3. Martin Ponsiluoma (Sweden) +47.9 (1 + 0).

57. Dmitry Pidruchny +2: 55.9 (0 + 3) 59. Artem Prima +3: 02.5 (2 + 1) 65. Taras Lesyuk +3: 22.0 (0 + 2) 70. Bogdan Tsymbal +3: 28.0 (2 + 2) 71.

Ruslan Tkalenko +3: 28.5 (2 + 1) Women's sprint race will take place in Kontiolahti at 14:40. Ukraine will be represented by Yulia Dzhima, Valya Semerenko, Elena Pidgrushnaya, Vita Semerenko and Daria Blashko.

The second stage of the World Cup will also be hosted by Kontiolahti. There will be several paired stages this season to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Be (114 points) took the lead in the overall World Cup, Samuelsson (92) came in 2nd, Legrade (83) - 3rd.