A COVID-19 test taken from Roman Nikitin, a massage therapist of the Russian national biathlon team, was positive. This was reported on the website of the Russian Biathlon Union.
The test was taken in Oberhof, where the fifth stage of the World Cup starts on Friday. Nikitin is isolated from the rest of the team. The decision on the duration of the quarantine will be made later.
The day before, biathlete Eduard Latypov passed a positive test, he was quarantined. The athlete will, at a minimum, miss the Friday Sprint and Pursuit.
The leader of the Russian national biathlon team became infected with the coronavirus Biathlon Commentator Dmitry Guberniev wrote in his Telegram channel that if there is another infected person in the national team, the whole team may be quarantined and not released to the start.
The men's sprint starts at 13:30 Moscow time. There are no changes with Russian athletes in the start lists yet.
Fonbet names the Frenchman Quentin Fillon-Maye and the Norwegian Johannes Boe as favorites of the men's sprint. Bets on their victory are accepted with the odds of 4.50 and 4.25, respectively. Of the Russians, the smallest coefficient for the victory of Alexander Loginov is 25.00.
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