The Russian team of Svetlana Sleptsova...
penalty laps and finished third, putting France out of the gold medal race.Zaitseva, who ran the fourth leg, missed two shots during her second shooting, but the lead over opponents was large enough to claim victory.
"Of course, we were nervous until the last moment. But this time the team"s make up and starting order was correct," Russia"s head coach Vladimir Barnashov said.
Russia pinned high hopes on its biathletes in the Olympic events. However, the team failed to take any medals in the first six races.
On Monday Russia"s Evgeny Ustyugov brought his country the first Vancouver gold in biathlon, winning the 15 km mass start. He shot clean and finished with 35:35.7.
MOSCOW, February 24 (RIA Novosti)
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