BEIJING, Feb 16 Skiers Yuliya Stupak and Natalya Nepryaeva won bronze medals in team sprint in the classic style and brought the Russian team the 22nd medal at the Beijing Olympics. The victory was won by the Germans Katarina Hennig and Victoria Karl with a score of 22 minutes 9.85 seconds. The silver medalists were Sweden's Maya Dahlqvist and Jonna Sundling (+0.17 seconds). The Russians lost 0.71 seconds to the winners. Earlier, at the 2022 Olympics, Stupak and Nepryaeva, who also won silver in the skiathlon, became Olympic relay champions. At the moment, the Russian team has 22 medals at the Beijing Games: four gold, eight silver and ten bronze.
