
MOSCOW, Jan 27 The Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) reported on its website Alexander Pechersky, the head of the service group of the organization, was diagnosed with coronavirus after testing. Instead, Dmitry Blinov will go to the Olympic Games in Beijing. Also, the head coach of the women's team Mikhail Shashilov, biathletes Irina Kazakevich and Valeria Vasnetsova, massage therapist Roman Nikitin have not yet been able to get to China . Their flight was delayed for a day due to the need to provide additional documents confirming that they had been ill with a coronavirus infection. The Beijing Olympic Games will be held February 4-20.

