MOSCOW, February 15 Norwegian biathlete Emil Hegle Svendsen, who retired from his career, supported on Twitter Russian Eduard Latypov after the relay at the Olympic Games in Beijing. On Tuesday, the Russians took third place. Latypov ran the last stage, he was leading by almost a minute before the last firing line, but made five penalties and ran two penalty loops, losing the lead. A similar situation happened with Svendsen at the Olympic Games in Sochi. «All my thoughts and feelings are now connected with Eduard Latypov, I was in the same situation in 2014. Take care of him, Russians,» Svendsen wrote. Latypov is 27 years old, he won three Olympic medals at the Beijing Games. Previously, he placed third in the mixed relay and pursuit.
