Nepryaeva got her skis mixed up during the marathon at the Olympics

Russian skier Daria Nepryaeva mixed up her skis during the women's marathon at the Olympic Games in Italy.

At 21.6 km, the 23-year-old athlete decided to change skis, but mistakenly drove into the service area of German skier Katharina Hennig-Dotzler. At the time of the incident, Nepryaeva was 11th, losing to the leader for more than two and a half minutes.

According to the rules of the competition, using someone else's boxing can lead to the disqualification of a Russian woman, adds "Газета.ги ".

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Earlier, on February 12, Nepryaeva took part in the 10 km freestyle race, where she showed a time of 24 minutes 45 seconds and took 21st place. Sweden's Frida Carlsson won, silver was won by Ebba Andersson, and bronze went to American Jessica Diggins.

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