Race of Champions: Shipulin in 2nd place as «hungover» Ferry wins the mixed relay

Russian biathlete Anton Shipulin and his mixed relay partner, Slovakian Anastasia Kuzmina, took the second place at the Race of Champions in Moscow on Saturday.

Olympic champion Bjorn Ferry, who won the race, admitted he was surprised about his own performance, as he had a hangover from a night out clubbing.

«This win was very nice for me, but along with that it was unexpected,» Ferry admitted jovially, as quoted by RIA Novosti.

«Yesterday I was in a club, where I allowed myself some white wine, so much so that I didn’t feel very good this morning. It was quite tough.»

The Swede and his Finnish partner Kaisa Makarainen won the relay by a margin of 0.5 seconds, with third place going to the French team of Martin Fourcade and Marie Dorin Habert.