Latypov fell ill with COVID-19, the race in Oberhof was postponed: the schedule of the 5th stage of the KM biathlon

Latypov : The fifth stage of the Biathlon World Cup will take place from 7 to 9 January in Oberhof, Germany. The races were postponed for one day due to abnormally warm weather, but now the conditions are improving. The Russian national team will not be able to exhibit Eduard Latypov at this stage, since our biathlete already passed a positive coronavirus test on the spot. MK-Sport will tell you where and when to watch the 5th stage of the Biathlon World Cup.

The first stage of the new year’s Biathlon World Cup starts with problems. The men’s sprint race was postponed from January 6 to January 7 due to too warm weather. At the moment, no more official information has been received, and it is hoped that the women’s and men’s sprint races will be held on Friday, January 7th.

Meanwhile, not everything is going smoothly in the Russian team either. Already in Oberhof, where the stage will take place, our main hope for medals, Eduard Latypov, passed a positive test for coronavirus. As stated in the official statement of the IBU, “250 PCR tests were carried out in Oberhof, and one athlete from the Russian national team passed positive and was isolated. The rest of the tests in all teams were negative. “

The Russian Biathlon Union also confirmed Latypov’s positive test, adding that “Eduard feels fine, and the disease is asymptomatic.”

The sportsman’s well-being was also reported by TV commentator Dmitry Guberniev . “He didn’t give the impression of being covid. Edik health. He has no symptoms. But it may also be a false positive test. Although there can be problems with this case too. The IBU trusts its laboratory very much, but Latypov needs to retake it as soon as possible. The main thing is not to postpone the entire stage for the Russian national team because of this test ”, – quotes the words of Guberniev“ Championship ”.

So far, the composition of the Russian national team looks like this.

Men: Alexander Loginov, Karim Khalili, Daniil Serokhvostov, Alexander Povarnitsyn, Anton Babikov, Maxim Tsvetkov.

Women : Christina Reztsova, Svetlana Mironova, Ulyana Nigmatullina, Irina Kazakevich, Valeria Vasnetsova, Anastasia Shevchenko.

Schedule:

January 7, Friday