russian biathlete Elizabeth Kaplina said that during the pursuit race of the fifth stage of the Commonwealth Biathlon Cup in Raubichi, Victoria Slivko accidentally hit her stick, which broke it.
Belarusian biathlete Dinara Alimbekova won the pursuit race at the Commonwealth Cup stage in Raubichi. The athlete at the finish line posted a time of minutes 29 minutes 41.5 seconds, allowing no failures at the shooting range. Second was Slivko (+44.9 seconds; 2 misses), third place went to her compatriot Irina Kazakevich (+1 minute 16.9 seconds; 4 misses). Kaplina finished fourth (+1m 26.5s; 3 misses).
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“I’m not very happy with the move, yesterday it was very difficult, today my legs are also a bit heavy,” reports the correspondent about Kaplina. – The last lap I tried to run as much as possible and win prizes, it seems to have worked. I’m a little unhappy with the standing shot, three misses in two shots is of course a lot.
Did you have any issues with the stick today?
– Yes, when we went to the second prone shot, we sat down right from the descent so that we rolled over. The four of us went to the bend, everyone started to get up, push, and Victoria Slivko accidentally crushed my stick. I turned around a bit and broke the stick, it turned out that the whole training climb was rolling with one stick, the second was given to me only at the end. Shevchenko gave me a stick, and it turned out to be long, but I followed everyone in the crowd and fell a little behind. On the next descent, I already got my normal stick back.
— Today, Thomas Bach talked about the possibility of admitting Russians in neutral status, what do you think?
– I will not answer this question.
On January 29, Raubichi will host the men’s and women’s mass start as part of the Commonwealth Cup leg. Watch live broadcasts starting at 11:50 a.m. and 1:50 p.m. (Moscow time), respectively, on the channel and on the matchtv.ru site. Watch the program “Biathlon with Dmitry Guberniev” on January 29 at 1:00 p.m. (Moscow time).
Source : MatchTV
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