Biathlete Vasily Tomshin he did the right thing when he decided to take care of his rivals at the finish line of the mass start of the Commonwealth Cup stage in Belarus, says the national team coach Russian at Sergei Bashkirov .
Tomshin covered the distance in 33 minutes 43.1 seconds without any misses. Second place was occupied by Belarusian Dmitry Lazovsky (+1.4 seconds, 0 misses), while his compatriot Nikita Lobastov finished third (+2.2, 0 misses).
“I congratulate Vasya on the victory!” He had a good race, he did what a great athlete should do: shoot cleanly and run fast. Vasily’s strengths are shooting and finishing bursts. Today, he took advantage of his qualities, which earned him a good result.
– After the last line of fire, three Belarusian biathletes overtook Tomshin in one of the segments. What were you thinking at that time?
– After the climb, when the Belarusian athletes got it, I had a feeling that Vasya would find out exactly at the finish line. Here, either you had to understand right away, or everything was already decided on arrival. And Vasya always performs the final part very quickly, so he did everything right. I was sure he would have enough strength and skill for this,” Bashkirov told .
The next stage of the Commonwealth Cup will again take place in Raubichi, the competition will start on January 26 with the men’s sprint race. Live streams will be available on and Match! Arena”, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
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