russian biathlete Ksenia Dovgaya in an interview with a correspondent, she said that in domestic competitions it is necessary to focus on the results that athletes now show in international starts.
Dovgaya, with a misfire, took second place in the sprint race at the Pari stage of the Russian Cup in Demin near Rybinsk, 2.4 seconds behind leader Ekaterina Noskova. Third place went to Larisa Kuklina with a penalty, 34.2 seconds behind the winner.
“It’s my first personal medal as an adult,” Dovgaya admitted to . – Very cool, great feeling!
– So Rybinsk is now a symbolic place for you?
— I love competing here. We raced here as juniors. The track is very difficult, but so functional. It’s interesting here.
– I was told that here you have to constantly work and think about how to save strength for the last round.
– Here you need to start working from the first meters of the distance. At the World Cup and the IBU Cup, people run like that, from start to finish. We try to make it happen.
– So you follow the World Cup and the results that the athletes post there are a guideline for you?
— Of course, we want to approach this level.
– It is difficult to shoot here, the athletes speak of the “dense” heavy wind. We see that men make a lot of mistakes, no one has made a “zero” among the girls in the top 10. You only have one miss. How did you cope?
“In fact, the wind cannot be light. But the conditions here are not the most difficult. The wind blows evenly, in such conditions it is easier to navigate. Yes, when I was shooting standing, I had to put myself in a position of strength, in general, I succeeded. It was possible to shoot zero, a miss is a matter of concentration.
— I can’t help noticing the weather. The temperature is only -5, and hands without gloves freeze instantly. It feels like there is high humidity here, the frost “bites”. Difficult?
– I agree, humidity still does not add the most pleasant sensations. It now looks like at least 10 degrees below zero.
Source : MatchTV
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