The competition featured Olympic champions Evgeni Dementyev, Alexander Legkov and Nikita Kryukov, Olympic silver medalist Alexander Panzhinsky, World champion and bronze medalist at Vancouver Games Alexey Petukhov and other well-known sportsmen. For the first time “Sprint on the Palace Square” featured Olympic Champions in biathlon Anton Shipulin and Alexey Volkov.
The outcome of the race was a surprise to everyone. Alexander Legkov broke his crabstick and skipped out of the race, Anton Shipulin finished eighth, and the first place was taken by 24-year-old racer from the Perm region Gleb Retivykh. The second place was taken by Alexey Petukhov and the third place was taken by Nikita Kryukov
