Beijing, Feb 4, Sergey Pogrebnyak. Russian biathlon team coach Nikolai Zagursky said that frosts in the National Biathlon Center in China are a problem before the start of the Olympic Games. On Friday, the Russian biathletes held their last official training before the start of the Olympic Games. Evgenia Burtasova, who flew to China on February 3, took part in the lesson. «I will not give any forecasts before the start of the Games. Today there was a very strong and gusty wind at the training session. Zhenya Burtasova had already trained and fired different batches of cartridges. We were looking for the best batch for her barrel downwind at this shooting range. One was eventually chosen, we will continue to work. Zhenya was already working under supervision today,» Zagursky said. Burtasova replaced Valeria Vasnetsova in the Russian national team, who had previously passed a positive test for coronavirus. The first medal biathlon race at the Olympic Games will take place on Saturday, February 6. National teams will compete for medals in the mixed relay. Russia will be represented in the race by Uliana Nigmatullina, Kristina Reztsova, Alexander Loginov and Eduard Latypov.
