Andrei Moiseev became the Olympic champion in modern pentathlon

Russian Andrei Moiseev won the Olympic tournament in modern pentathlon. The Silver Award was won by the Lithuanian athlete Andreyus Radneprovskis, and the bronze - Czech Libor of Kapalini.

The program of modern pentathlon includes jumps, running, swimming, shooting and fencing. Moiseev did not start too well - after shooting from a quick -firing pistol, he took only the 19th position. But after fencing, the Russian Pentabolian moved to the first place of the standings, and in swimming at a distance of 200 meters by freestyle, he managed to set an Olympic record - 1 minute 58.88 seconds.

The Russian Pentabolian did not very successfully perform in a breakdown, where he showed only the 20th result. However, to the final competition - the athletics cross - Moiseev approached the leader of the leader and started with the handicap in time. On the cross of Cross, the Russian did not allow anyone to get around. The last meters of the distance, according to RIA Novosti, Rostovtsy ran with the Russian flag in his hands.

The Russians are conquering the second Olympics in a row in modern pentathlon: four years ago, at the Games of 2000 in Sydney, Dmitry Svatkovsky was the best, and today, in the capital of Greece, his success was repeated by 25-year-old Andrei Moiseev. And this despite the fact that the Russians have not won at the world championships in the individual championship since 1995, and Moiseev himself at the last such tournament, in Moscow in late May and early June showed the 7th result.

At a press conference, Dmitry Svatkovsky, now the head coach of the Russian national team in modern pentathlon, categorically denied any hints of an accident. "This is another proof of the superiority of the Russian modern pentathlon in the world and the evidence that the success of four years ago was not accidental. Our system of training athletes remains the best in the world, and our work is going on in the right direction," he said.

After a team victory at the World Cup in Moscow, who brought Moses the title of Honored Master of Sports, Andrei admitted that he dreamed of buying the 15th Lada Model. Now the champion will be able to fulfill this dream.

This highest sample medal became the 15th for Russia and allowed our team to reach fourth place in the general team, ahead of Japan.