Russia (bbabo.net), - At the Olympic Games in Beijing, biathletes will compete for a set of awards in the individual men's 20 km race. The day before, women competed in a similar kind of program. One miss separated Kristina Reztsova from the medal podium. We hope that today our men will be lucky.

Russia will be represented in the race by Alexander Loginov, Eduard Latypov, Karim Khalili and Maxim Tsvetkov.

This type of biathlon races has been on the program twice this season as part of the World Cup. In November in Östersund, the Norwegian Sturla Legrade won, his compatriot Tarja Be came second, and the Frenchman Simon Destier closed the top three. Eduard Latypov finished seventh with one penalty. But in Antholz, two Russian biathletes were on the podium at once - Anton Babikov won, Karim Khalili became the third. On the second line, as in Östersund, is the elder Be. Another Russian finished the race in the top ten - Alexander Loginov, he became the seventh.

Recall that biathletes will have to overcome 20 km with 4 firing lines (prone-standing-prone-standing). For each miss, a minute is added to the time.

Text online broadcast of the men's individual biathlon race will begin at 11.30 Moscow time.

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