MOSCOW, Jan 8, Sergey Pogrebnyak. Former President of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU ) Vladimir Drachev said that the Russian athletes were able to compete with dignity in the mixed relay in Germany. On Saturday, the Russian team took fifth place in the mixed relay at the World Cup in Oberhof, Germany. The team in the race was represented by Maxim Tsvetkov, Alexander Povarnitsyn, Irina Kazakevich and Valeria Vasnetsova. «It turned out to be a fighting, cheerful relay race. We had great chances for a medal, the Russian national team coped well with shooting and did not enter the penalty loops. We understand that it was The second squad. At the Olympics, other people would have run the mixed relay. But everyone did it — after the race we got confidence that the second squads are not weaker than the leaders, «Drachev said.» The guys can be praised. We used up a lot of cartridges. But here we showed a good result. Fifth place is just our level for such a squad. And we could fight for the top three as a basis, «the speaker added. The fifth stage of the World Cup in Oberhof will last until Sunday.
