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RRF solves problems with documents of biathletes who did not fly to Beijing

Russian biathletes Irina Kazakevich and Valeria Vasnetsova, as well as the head coach of the Russian women's team Mikhail Shashilov, will fly to Beijing for the Olympics on an evening flight on Friday, January 28. This was reported on the website of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU).

Members of the national team received all the necessary permissions to enter China.

Russian biathletes coach tests positive for COVID in Beijing Biathlon Initially, all three were supposed to fly to the capital of the 2022 Olympic Games on the same flight with the whole team on January 26, but their departure had to be postponed because the check-in control system at the airport did not give them the correct QR -the code. Such codes are required for all participants in the Games, the Chinese authorities have introduced them to control the spread of coronavirus and reduce infections.

A masseur of the Russian biathlon team Roman Nikitin faced a similar problem on the same day. It was resolved on Thursday, Nikitin is already in Beijing.

Earlier, the coach of the Russian biathlon team Sergei Bashkirov received a positive test result for coronavirus and was isolated upon arrival at the Olympic village in Beijing. “There is still no result on Bashkirov. They took an additional, already the third test in Beijing, ”Sergey Averyanov, head of the press service of the RRF, wrote on his Telegram channel.

The Beijing Olympics will be held from 4 to 20 February. The program of biathlon competitions includes 11 races, the first will be held on February 5.

RRF solves problems with documents of biathletes who did not fly to Beijing