The relay passed in the conditions of the strongest fog, so that at some point the organizers thought about canceling the race.
As a result, the shooting turned into a so-called lottery, where our athletes had to use 19 additional rounds, but still go for 9 laps of fine.
The victory in the race went to the team of Sweden, which managed to shoot just one penalty circle, and the podium was supplemented by teams from Italy and Norway.
As previously reported, URA-Inform, the former head of the Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory (MAL) Grigory Rodchenkov wanted to replace the clean doping test of Ukrainian biathlete Vita Semerenko with dirty. Now the Ukrainian biathlete hopes that the guilty will be punished.