On Friday, March 7, XI Paralympic Winter Games will start in Sochi.
Five representatives of Bashkortostan will compete as part of the Russian team - Irek Zaripov, Kirill Mikhailov, Nadezhda Andreeva, Azat Karachurin and Alexander Davidovich.
Bashkir athletes’ competition schedule is as follows (Moscow time)
10:00 - 6 km (women - sitting) - Nadezhda Andreeva;
10:25 - 7.5 km (men - sitting) - Irek Zaripov, Alexander Davidovich;
12:15 - 7.5 km (men - standing) - Azat Karachurin, Kirill Mikhailov.
10:00 - 15 km (men - sitting) - Irek Zaripov, Alexander Davidovich;
12:30 - 12 km (women - sitting) - Nadezhda Andreeva.
March 10, cross-country skiing:
10:00 - 20 km - freestyle (men - standing) - Kirill Mikhailov.
10:00 - 10 km (women - sitting) - Nadezhda Andreeva;
10:45 - 12.5 km (men - sitting) - Alexander Davidovich;
13:20 - 12.5 km (men - standing) - Azat Karachurin, Kirill Mikhailov.
March 12, cross-country skiing:
10:00 - 1 km sprint (men - sitting) - Qualification - Irek Zaripov;
10:37 - 1km sprint - freestyle (men - standing) - Qualification - Azat Karachurin, Kirill Mikhailov ;
12:30 - 1km sprint - freestyle (men - sitting) - Semifinal - Irek Zaripov;
12:51 - 1km sprint - freestyle (men - standing) - Semifinal - Azat Karachurin, Kirill Mikhailov;
13:45 - 1 km sprint (men - sitting) - Final - Irek Zaripov;
14:06 - 1km sprint - freestyle (men - standing) - Final - Kirill Mikhailov, Azat Karachurin.
10:00 - 15 km (men - sitting) - Alexander Davidovich;
10:20 - 12.5 km (women - sitting) - Nadezhda Andreeva ;
12:30 - 15 km (men - standing) - Kirill Mikhailov, Azat Karachurin.
March 16, cross-country skiing:
10:00 - 10 km - freestyle (men - standing) - Kirill Mikhailov, Azat Karachurin;
12:45 - 10 km (men - sitting) - Irek Zaripov, Alexander Davidovich.