ANTHOLTS (Italy), January 19, Alexander Govorov. To Russian national team biathlete Eduard Latypov was told to quarantine for another eight days before flying to China for the Olympics, head coach of the Russian men's national team Yuri Kaminsky said. On January 5, Latypov tested positive for the coronavirus and was forced to quarantine for 14 days. On January 12, it became known that the German biathlete Johannes Kühn passed a positive test for COVID-19, which is why he missed the home stage of the World Cup in Ruhpolding.
""The Chinese announced that Latypov needed eight more days sit in quarantine plus those 14 that he has already served. Why is Kühn listed for Antholz at all? A week has passed since his positive test, and he is already here training with everyone on the track. Latypov has already passed about five antigen tests negative and is still in quarantine. God only knows what the medical services of China will show us. SBR and ROC are trying to get Latypov to fly out with the whole team. It turns out that Edik's quarantine ends on January 19, add eight days to this. We were told that he would only be able to fly to China on the 28th. So far, there is no certainty that he will fly with the team to China on the 26th,” Kaminsky said.
The Olympic Games in Beijing will be held from February 4 to 20.