Russian biathletes finished their performance at the Olympics. They will return home empty-handed. IOC bleached our team, not allowing the main leaders before the competition. Fans and management still hoped for a medal.

Particularly great chances for the athletes were in the mixed relay, but alas. Russians are only on the 9th place with a two-minute gap from the winners. At the same time biathlonists reacted differently to the atmosphere at the Games. Tatyana Akimova remained very satisfied with the competitions. "I got a lot of experience, because emotionally it was hard, psychologically. The excitement was, and it hampered me, "- quotes her" Sport-Express ". Matvei Eliseev believes that in Phenchkhan there was no atmosphere and spirit of the Olympics, since the best athletes from our country did not participate in the competitions, which could constitute serious competition. "There are only a third of athletes here, the rest may have been better prepared. But someone from the visitors could still compete with the best, "he added.. Many questions have accumulated to the coaches and managers of the biathlon team. Commentator Dmitry Guberniev is sure that these results show the degree of general readiness of all our athletes and, therefore, even the leaders could not change the situation. "Gross, Padin, what were you thinking about? Do you ever get tired of getting this mop on the head every time?", Guberniev said emotionally. The president of the Russian Biathlon Union (UBR), Alexander Kravtsov, said that in March the final meeting will be held, where trainers and athletes will listen, and will develop new methods for improving the results. At the same time, when asked about his possible resignation, Kravtsov left the answer, RIA Novosti reports.. "So far I do not consider it possible to discuss this," he added..

Head coach Ricco Gross tried to smooth the failure, explaining to him that the athletes were very hard in South Korea and besides there were no major leaders. "Believe me, every minute that we are at the Games, we do everything we can: we work with athletes, test skis, we think that we can provide how we can help athletes, but it's very difficult," he said.. Biathlonists will not perform in the men's and women's relay because of the lack of participants. Athletes will return home and continue preparations for the World Cup stages.