Semyon Elistratov returned to Ufa with the Beijing Olympics medal

On February 19, Semyon Yelistratov, a student of the municipal sports school of the Olympic reserve No. 1, bronze medalist of the Olympic Games in Beijing, returned to Ufa.

At the airport students and coaches of SSOR No. 1, as well as Olympic champions Timur Safin and Adelina Zagidullina greeted him with posters and flowers.

«I am glad that I finally returned home. I really missed my native Bashkir land and, of course, my family. Thank you all for the warm welcome,» Semyon shared his emotions.

Semyon Yelistratov won the bronze medal of the Beijing Olympics in the short track at a distance of 1500 meters. For the athlete, this is the third Olympic medal in his career: he previously became the first in the relay at the games in Sochi and the third at the 2018 Olympics.