Olympic champion, head coach of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug team Yevgeny Redkin told what task the biathlete has set herself for the season Elizabeth Kaplina .
On Sunday, an athlete from Yugra Kaplina won the mass start of the fifth stage of the Russian Cup in Rybinsk, after having failed three times at the shooting range. The second was Victoria Slivko, the third place went to Anastasia Goreeva.
– Kaplina’s main task is to fight for Commonwealth Cup medals?
– No, our main task is to win the Russian championship. The Commonwealth Cup is a good business story for the athletes, but it’s more important for us to become the best in the country,” Redkin told .
Kaplina takes second place in the overall Russian Cup women’s standings, she has 454 points. The season leader is Slivko (468 points).
The Russian Biathlon Championship will be held in three stages: in Izhevsk (February 23-25), in Khanty-Mansiysk in Olympic disciplines (March 27-April 2) and in Uvat in marathons (April 5-6) .
Source : MatchTV
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