Biathlon - IBU World Championships - Men 4 x 7.5 km Relay - Hochfilzen, Austria - 18/2/17 - Alexey Volkov of Russia, Maxim Tsvetkov of Russia, Anton Babikov of Russia and Anton Shipulin of Russia react. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
HOCHFILZEN, Austria (Reuters) - Russian biathletes sang the correct version of their national anthem without any musical accompaniment after the wrong version was played out at a medal ceremony on Saturday.
Aleksei Volkov, Maksim Tsvetkov, Anton Babikov, and Anton Shipulin were left, alongside a Russian TV commentator, to sing the correct version, which is the old Soviet anthem music with new lyrics introduced by president Vladimir Putin in 2000.
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