BEIJING, January 31, Alexander Govorov. Russian biathlete Evgenia Burtasova will arrive in Beijing to participate in the Olympic Games on February 2 or 5, head coach of the Russian national team Mikhail Shashilov said. On Sunday, the Russian Biathlon Union announced that Burtasov could replace Valeria Vasnetsova in the Russian national team, who received two positive test results for coronavirus. However, later Burtasova herself stated on Match TV that she did not have the documents necessary to travel to the Olympics. «Burtasova will arrive in Beijing either on February 2 or 5,» Shashilov told reporters. in the European Championship in Arber, Germany, where she won two gold medals — in the individual race and the single mixed relay with Anton Babikov.
