At the Olympics in Pyeongchang, Russian biathletes perform in a very weakened composition, but despite this, they fight to the end in every race. The fate of their wards is not particularly interested in coaches. In South Korea, went to a small headquarters, so many personal mentors athletes remained in Russia. It turned out that they absolutely do not care for their guys. After the finish, biathlete Tatyana Akimova admitted that the trainers are not interested in the results of the athletes at the Games. "Our coaches did not call me and did not write", - quotes her Sports. en. Akimova stressed that there were no calls from the beginning of the Olympics. These words caused a shock in the commentator Dmitry Guberniev. "Guys, what's going on?" Why do you even need it? "- he turned to the mentors. Dmitry demanded immediately to call and stressed that all the same from the coaching staff all fired, and so "at least keep the person". Tatiana Akimova and Ulyana Kaisheva in the individual race took 15 and 24 seats respectively. The gold medal was won by Swede Anna Eberg, coached by Wolfgang Pichler. He from 2011 to 2014 coached the women's national team of Russia.

IOC did not allow him to come to the Games, but later his appeal was granted, and he went to Pyeongchang. The second place was taken by Anastasia Kuzmina from Slovakia - the native sister of the biathlete Anton Shipulina. At the same time, she had been in favor of Russia since childhood, but later she was not allowed into the main team and Kuzmina moved to another country. Today, February 15, will be the men's individual race.

Chances for high places are in Anton Babikov and Matvei Yeliseyev.