Beijing, February 5, Sergey Pogrebnyak. Russian biathlete Eduard Latypov said that his dash in the last meters of the distance in the mixed relay was not enough to win. On Saturday, the Russians became third in the mixed relay at the Beijing Olympics, Latypov ran in the last stage. On the final lap, he was in the lead, but let the Norwegian and French biathletes go ahead. Latypov, due to positive test results for COVID, spent two weeks in quarantine in January.
"I am grateful to my family for such support,” Latypov told reporters. — All the coaches and relatives helped me during the quarantine. Thanks to them, I was able to keep fit during quarantine. On the last descent, he made a small breakthrough, but this was not enough to win, and the rivals rolled very well at the finish".
Ulyana Nigmatullina, Kristina Reztsova, Alexander Loginov and Latypov were part of the Russian team.