Beijing, Feb 14, Alexander Govorov. Biathletes Karim Khalili, Alexander Loginov, Maxim Tsvetkov and Eduard Latypov will compete for the Russian national team in the relay at the Beijing Olympics, according to the Telegram channel of the Russian Biathlon Union. Daniil Serokhvostov will not take part in the relay race. He also failed to qualify for the mass start. The men's relay race will take place on Tuesday, beginning at 12:00 Moscow time. «Khalili is more reliable in shooting than Serokhvostov, so they made a choice in favor of him,» Yury Kaminsky, head coach of the men's team, told reporters. «In speed, Karim, if he loses, then «Now they are close in this component. He ran the control training well. Loginov was put on the second stage, because the Norwegians usually put Johannes Boe on this stage. It seemed to us that Sasha could better resist him in terms of skiing than Tsvetkov. Norwegians they will need a breakaway immediately. They have two options — to put Johannes on the second or third stage. On the last they rolled (Vetle Szostad) Christiansen. «The coach also spoke about how he reacted to Latypov's third place in the pursuit.» He reacted calmly. On the track, of course, he was a little worried when Hofer began to catch up with him, because Lukas is a very good finisher. But Edik was in good condition. There was a certain confidence awn that he will not give up the medal,» added Kaminsky. The Olympic Games in Beijing will last until February 20.
