MOSCOW, January 6, Sergey Pogrebnyak. Two-time Olympic champion Dmitry Vasiliev believes that in the absence of Eduard Latypov, who tested positive for coronavirus, there is a chance for other Russian biathletes to prove themselves at the World Cup in Oberhof, Germany. world-2021/22. The biathlete is isolated from the team, the disease is asymptomatic. «I think that Edik himself should not worry too much, he will go to the Olympics in any case. Maybe he will even be asymptomatic. In addition to Latypov, we have guys who can show themselves well in Oberhof — the same Sasha Loginov, Karim Khalili. Even Maxim Tsvetkov and Anton Babikov arrived, we have someone to play. This situation may give a chance to those athletes who are knocking on the national team, because seven biathletes went to Germany instead of six. Edika did not have any complications or side effects, this is very important, «Vasiliev said. According to the International Biathlon Union (IBU), tests for coronavirus of other biathletes before the start of the competition in Oberhof gave negative results.
