Belarusian Olympic champion in biathlon Dinara Alimbekova told that the fight against Elizabeth Kaplina on the track helped her have a good race and take second place in the sprint at the Russian Cup stage in Tyumen.
Kaplina fired flawlessly across the range and became the winner of the sprint race, 30.6 seconds ahead of Alimbekova, who received a penalty. The first three winners were closed by Ekaterina Noskova.
– Today I made a very unfortunate mistake, fired. All the other shots were perfect. But I told the coaches that if I had a clean shot, I couldn’t work like that today. As soon as I missed, Liza Kaplina and I walked the whole circle together. I saw how it works. Without her, I wouldn’t have had such a great race and, most likely, I could have lost even more.
Thanks to Lisa for the fight, it was interesting to run away from her, to take her legs off on the last lap, which allowed me to take second place, and not to become third. Such a shot is also necessary, it gives strength to run away later and regain seconds,” Alimbekova told .
– Did the weather interfere with the race?
“Today was more or less normal. We have already had frost for the past two weeks in Khanty and Uvat. It is also cold in Tyumen, but we are adapting, we are Belarusians. In competition in Europe, we don’t “We weren’t ready for such snow, which isn’t entirely slippery. In Europe, it’s artificial, and the speed is higher there. Here again, you have to adapt to the difficult slides.
Source : MatchTV
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