Russian biathletes Irina Kazakevich, Kristina Reztsova, Svetlana Mironova and Ulyana Nigmatullina won silver on Wednesday at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in China in women’s 4x6km relay.
The gold in the race went to the Swedish team of Linn Persson, Mona Brorsson, Hanna Oeberg and Elvira Oeberg, who clocked the Olympic biathlon course in 1 hour 11 minutes 03.9 seconds. The squad of the ROC (the Russian Olympic Committee) biathletes crossed the finish line 12 seconds after Sweden.
Germany’s Vanessa Voigt, Vanessa Hinz, Franziska Preuss and Denise Herrmann bagged the bronze (+37.4 seconds after Sweden).
Team ROC (the Russian Olympic Committee) is currently 9th in the overall medal standings of the 2022 Olympics boasting four gold, eight silver and 11 bronze medals (23 in total).
Team Norway tops the 2022 Winter Olympics medal standings with 13 gold, seven silver and eight bronze medals (28 in total). Germany is 2nd with 10 gold, six silver and four bronze medals (20 in total). Team USA is in 3rd place with eight gold, seven silver and four bronze medals (19 in total).
