The Russian men's biathlon team took third place in the 4x7.5 km relay at the Beijing Olympics. The Russian team included Said Khalili, Alexander Loginov, Maxim Tsvetkov and Eduard Latypov.

The Russians were in the lead from the first stage thanks to good shooting. Khalili made one miss, Loginov - two, and Tsvetkov hit all the targets. Latypov left for the fourth stage with a lead of 41.3 seconds. from the French. And after the first shooting of Latypov, the advantage reached 50.2 seconds. But at the last shooting range, he made five misses and went to two penalties.

Vetle Szosta Christiansen, who was on the last stage in the Norwegian national team, shot cleanly on the last rack, thanks to which he took the lead. Frenchman Quentin Fillon Maillet left the shooting range second with three penalties.

As a result, the Norwegians were the first to reach the finish line, who after the second stage were 1 minute 47.6 seconds behind the Russians, the second place was taken by the French (+27.4 seconds). Latypov, on the other hand, held back the German Philip Navrata, held on and brought bronze to Russia, 45.3 seconds behind the leader.

The men's biathlon relay at the Olympics was postponed due to cold weather Olympics 2022 Biathletes brought Russia the ninth bronze medal at this Olympics. The Russian team also has four gold and six silver medals.

Russian biathletes have already won medals at the Beijing Games. On February 5, Uliana Nigmatullina, Kristina Reztsova, Alexander Loginov and Eduard Latypov won bronze in the mixed relay, and on February 13, Eduard Latypov became the bronze medalist in the pursuit race.

The Russians have not won Olympic gold in biathlon since 2014, when they won the men's relay.

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