Biathlete Evgenia Burtasova said that she learned about the absence of the Russian team for the Olympic relay not from the coaching staff, but from the Internet.

“One could say that I’m not running, and not from the Internet I’ll find out about it,” the athlete “Match TV” quotes.

According to her, she “expectedly” took the news about the composition of the Russian team for the relay. “We didn’t know whether they would put me on the relay or not, but the coach wrote to me that I would be brought up to this particular relay. He wrote me a plan that I strictly followed, ”said Burtasova.

The Biathlon Union named the composition for the women's relay at the Olympics 2022 Olympics As the biathlete noted, she decided not to participate in the mass start with athletes from other countries who did not run sprint and pursuit in order to prepare for the relay. “Why should I run when I have my own job and a plan? There was no such thing as someone saying that this mass start will affect the fact that they will put me in the relay, ”she added.

On the afternoon of February 15, the head of the press service of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU), Sergey Averyanov, explained in his Telegram channel why Burtasova was not announced for the relay. “Why is there no Burtasova? The day before yesterday, in order to assess her condition, the coaches suggested that she run a small mass start with athletes from other countries. Evgenia refused, said: “I have my own plan,” Averyanov wrote.

The women's relay at the Beijing Olympics will take place on February 16. Irina Kazakevich, Kristina Reztsova, Svetlana Mironova and Uliana Nigmatullina will perform for the Russian national team.

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