Russian biathletes and coaches on suggested who would make the national team for the Olympics if the competition takes place in a month.
Athletes and coaches of the “Special Report” program were asked to nominate a biathlete who would definitely deserve to be included in the team.
Victoria Slivko: Elizabeth Kaplina. Because she shoots and runs well. This girl, who repeatedly flew to the podium, her results cannot be called accidental.
Elizabeth Kaplina: “I don’t even know who to choose. Apart from themselves, they said. Probably, let it be Natasha Gerbulova. It’s loaded now. If it’s in a month, she wants”
Natalia Gerbulova: “I think everyone would nominate (coach) Artem Istomin”
Artem Istomine: “You can’t say that. Kaplina would definitely go”
Coach Mikhail Shashilov: Alimbekova (laughs). And in our country? There are capable people. There are not a lot. Goreeva was sitting in front of me, she would have left”
Anastasia Goreeva: “Probably Irinka Kazakevitch. Since she’s been there before, she won’t be so scared. Isn’t she at the top of the audience? She is a top athlete, if she has learned to manage her emotions in the turns, she will succeed.”
Irina Kazakevich: Tamara Derbusheva. She is psychologically stable, you cannot assess the results, but in general she would have coped. In the state she is in this year, she could do it.”
Russian biathletes have been suspended from participating in international tournaments due to the situation in Ukraine.
These days, Raubichi hosts the Commonwealth Cup stage, in which biathletes from Russia and Belarus compete. Watch the broadcasts on the TV channels of the group and on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru. The women’s pursuit will take place on Saturday starting at 10:40 a.m. Moscow time.
Source : MatchTV
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