Two-time Olympic champion Chepikov was buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery

Two-time Olympic biathlon champion Sergey Chepikov is buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery in Moscow. This is reported by TASS.

On September 17, he died in his 60th year after a long battle with cancer. The farewell ceremony was attended by the Minister of Sports Mikhail Degtyarev, the head of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation Vladislav Tretiak, Olympic champions Irina Rodnina and Vyacheslav Fetisov.

At the 1988 Olympics in Calgary, the athlete won a gold medal in the 4x7.5 km relay. He also won the 10km sprint race at the 1994 Lillehammer Games. At that Olympics, he was the flag bearer of the Russian team at the opening ceremony.

In addition, Sergey Chepikov has two gold medals of the World Championships (1989, 2006). He was also a two-time World Cup winner (1990, 1991). The biathlete completed his sports career in 2007.

From 2010 to 2013, Sergey Chepikov worked as a coach-consultant of the Russian national team, in the period from May 18 to July 11, 2018 he served as vice-president of the Russian Biathlon Union. He was a deputy of the State Duma of VII and VIII convocations.

In more detail - in the material "Kommersant" "The flagbearer of the Russian biathlon".

Arnold Kabanov