Russia announced the biathletes selected for the 2014 Sochi

The Russian biathlon federation officially disclosed the names of the athletes who will take part in the Olympic Games at home in Sochi 2014.

Tuesday 21 January 2014 2 minutes reading time

Those selected are the following: UOMINIGARANICHEV Evgeniy (1988) LOGINOV Alexander (1992) Malyshko Dmitry (1987) Anton Shipulin (1987) Ustyugov Evgeniy (1985) VOLKOV Alexey (1988) DONNEGLAZYRINA Ekaterina (1987) ROMANOVA Yana (1983) Shumilova Ekaterina (1987) Starykh Irina (1987) VILUKHINA Olga (1988) Olga Zaitseva (1978) So no surprise among men, where the Olympic team is composed of 6 athletes on which we have insisted more during the winter''. Among women it was decided to give confidence to Ekaterina Glazyrina, last year took the podium at the World Cup, but so far unable to express at a high level due to repeated illness. Excluding excellent Ekaterina Iourieva, who had started the season with two top ten in Ã–stersund before collapsing performance. In the men's coat of arms stands for the'' absence of Ivan Tcherezov, but the results could hardly justify his call., Russia has also appointed two reserves. This is not formally invited the athletes to the Games, but a man and a woman who will take over in place of an owner in the unfortunate event of a serious accident: RISERVELAPSHIN Timofey (1988) NECHKASOVA Galina (1989)

Francesco Paone

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