“Friends, fans, coaches, service team, specialists and everyone in a bad mood! Today's result cannot be justified! I completely agree that this is a complete failure, that you can’t run and shoot like that! ”Kuklina wrote on Instagram.

She admitted that she herself was completely to blame for her failure, and added that she would try to draw the right conclusions.

Kuklina made 11 misses in the mass start and took the last, 30th place.

Earlier, President of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) Vladimir Drachev said he expected more from the performance of Russians in Oberhof.