Russian biathlete Maxim Tsvetkov finished fourth in the sprint at the Beijing Olympics.
The Russian lost to the winning Norwegian Johannes Boe 40.6 seconds, not allowing misses on two firing lines. He was 1.7 seconds short of third place.
Boe's result was 24 minutes 0.4 seconds with one penalty. The second place was taken by the Frenchman Quentin Fillon-Maillet (+25.5; one miss), the third - the brother of Be Tarjei (+38.9; 1).
Russia lost the gold of the Olympics in biathlon with one shot Olympics 2022 Russian Eduard Latypov became 11th (+1.14.4; 3), Daniil Serokhvostov - 19th (+1.37.6; 2), Alexander Loginov - 38th (+2.15 ,14).
Tsvetkov earlier in Beijing took fourth place in the individual race. Moreover, the Russian made his only miss with the last shot on the fourth firing line and because of this he was left without a medal.
Tsvetkov is 30 years old, he is the 2017 world relay champion. He also has gold, silver and bronze medals at the 2014 European Championship. At the stages of the World Cup, Tsvetkov was three times on the podium in individual races (one gold and two silver). The last time it was in the 2015/16 season - second place in the sprint in Antholz.
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