Russian biathletes won silver in the Christmas race in Ruhpolding, Germany. The correspondent of “Lenta.ru” informs about it.
The Russian team included Matvey Eliseev and Evgenia Burtasova. They lost 56.8 seconds to Austrians Lisa Theresa Hauser and Felix Leitner, who covered the distance in 32 minutes and 15.5 seconds. Bronze was awarded to representatives of the Czech Republic Marketa Davidova and Michal Krchmarzh. They were 59.7 seconds behind the leaders.
During the race, the judges stopped Burtasova for 14 seconds while passing the relay. The organizers explained that due to the failure of the chronograph, the Russians started ahead of the scheduled time.
Ten teams from nine countries took part in the competition in 2021. Last year Eliseev and Burtasova won the Christmas race.
Initially, the race was traditionally held at the stadium of the football club “Schalke” on 28 December. Due to the worsening situation with coronavirus in Germany, it was decided to postpone the start to 2022. However, it was later announced that the race would take place on the street circuit in Ruhpolding, which usually hosts the World Cup.
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