Russia (bbabo.net), - Russian Semyon Yelistratov won a bronze medal in the 1500m at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

The winner was the representative of South Korea Hwang Dae Hong, who covered the distance in 2 minutes 9.219 seconds. Silver was taken by Canadian Steven Dubois (+0.035). Yelistratov lagged behind the leader by 0.048 seconds.

It should be noted that Denis Hayrapetyan was eliminated in the semi-finals, Daniil Eybog - in the quarter-finals.

We also add that Yelistratov is the Sochi Olympic champion in the relay and the bronze medalist of the Games at this distance. Semyon also has a victory at the world championship in Moscow in 2015 and 14 gold medals at the European Championships.

For Russia, Yelistratov's bronze was the 11th award at this Olympics in Beijing.

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