Latypov missed the “gold” in the biathlon relay, which he was almost guaranteed

The Norwegian team won the Olympic gold in the biathlon relay. The second place was taken by the French team, and the Russians came to the finish line third.

Karim Khalili, who was considered the “weak link” in the team, made only one miss at his stage, which, with the raging wind, was a very good indicator (the Norwegians even entered the penalty loop). In general, the representatives of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine left for the last round, to which the Frenchman crept up. As a result, Alexander Loginov was the first to go to the second stage, almost simultaneously with the Belarusian, having a small lead over the French team.

After the prone, Alexander left 15 seconds behind the Belarusian and 22 seconds behind the Frenchman. Norwegian Tarjei Be coped with a minute in the liability, but the Swede went to the penalty loop. On the “rack” Loginov needed two additional cartridges, the Frenchman was accurate. however, at the intermediate finish of the Russians, he nevertheless brought Emilien Jacquelin, who, apparently, was knocked out in the end, 36 seconds.

Ex-world champion Maxim Tsvetkov returned to the national team after a long break. He can be called the loser of the current Olympics, having deprived himself of the “gold” in the individual with the last shot and having two pieces of wood in his asset. But ours was flawless at the first shooting, the representative of the tricolors Simon Distier used two additional stages. Maxim turned out to be a fine fellow on the prone side as well. Of course, at the finish lap it was already difficult for him to compete with his pursuers, but before the final stage, Eduard Latypov had an advantage of 41, 43 and 44 seconds over the French, Norwegians and Germans, respectively.

After prone, Latypov brought the victory of the Russian team closer to arm’s length, accurately hitting all the targets, but the German and the great Cante Fillon Maillet missed once. But at the final line, Edik sent the first three shots past. As a result, he has two penalty loops. It was no longer possible to catch up with either the Norwegians or the French, it remained only to repel the attacks of the Germans, which he succeeded with difficulty.