MOSCOW, February 7 Ukrainian biathlete Valentina Semerenko completed her performance at the Olympic Games — 2022 due to health problems, champion.com.ua reports with reference to the President of the Biathlon Federation of Ukraine Volodymyr Brynzak. On Monday, Semerenko failed to finish in the individual race in Beijing. In the mixed relay race, which took place on February 5, the 36-year-old Ukrainian woman ran in the first stage and entered penalty loops three times.
"Valya wanted to rehabilitate herself for the relay race and started quickly, but the mountains are bad jokes, they punished her. As I understand it, Valentina lost consciousness or was close to it: her head was spinning, and she could not continue the race. After the examination at the clinic, they decided to send her home by the next plane, she can no longer help the team, (Anastasia) Merkushina will be announced instead of her,» Brynzak said.
Semerenko is the 2014 Olympic champion in the women's relay race, as well as gold, twice silver and three times bronze medalist of the world championships. In addition, she has seven gold, three silver and one bronze medals at the European Championships.