MOSCOW, January 17, Sergey Pogrebnyak. Two-time Olympic biathlon champion Dmitry Vasiliev said that from the Russian women's team, only Kristina Reztsova will be able to impose a fight on competitors in individual races at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing. On Thursday, at a press conference at the Rossiya Segodnya MIA as part of the Russian Olympic Committee Team Media Center project, the head of the Biathlon Union Russia (SBR) Viktor Maigurov named the composition of the national team for the Winter Olympics in Beijing. The men's team included Alexander Loginov, Eduard Latypov, Daniil Serokhvostov, Karim Khalili and Maxim Tsvetkov. The women's team at the Games will be represented by Kristina Reztsova, Ulyana Nigmatullina, Svetlana Mironova, Irina Kazakevich and Valeria Vasnetsova. Four athletes were included in the list of substitutes: Anton Babikov, Alexander Povarnitsyn, Anastasia Shevchenko and Evgenia Burtasova. accreditation to athletes from the list of substitutes. The main compositions are adequate. For men, everything is very competitive, and for girls the situation is unsteady. One Reztsova can compete with all the main rivals — it will be hard for the rest of our girls, «said Vasiliev. «But the composition of the girls remains stable for relay race, there will be chances to climb the podium there. Today, these are our best athletes,» the speaker added. The Olympic Games will be held on February 4-20.
