MOSCOW, January 28 Russian national team coach Sergei Bashkirov, who was placed in isolation in Beijing, due to a positive test for COVID-19, passed a negative test for coronavirus, according to the official Telegram channel of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU). On Thursday it became known that Bashkirov's test for COVID-19 upon arrival in Beijing gave a positive result, the coach was sent for isolation. «Bashkirov passed a negative test for coronavirus in Beijing. In the near future he will be reunited with the team,» the message says.