Beijing Olympics silver medalist Belarusian biathlete Anton Smolsky should receive a special invitation to participate in the mass start of the Russian Championship in Izhevsk, according to the host and commentator of Dmitri Guberniev .
Earlier, Smolsky told that the participation of Belarusian biathletes in the big mass start is in doubt due to the fact that 60 of the top ranked athletes are entering the race.
On Saturday, Smolsky won the Super Pursuit qualifier. In the final, Alexander Povarnitsyn won, starting 11th, ahead of Smolsky by 0.8 seconds. The leading trio was closed by Karim Khalili. Eduard Latypov became 5th.
– Povarnitsyn was charged in today’s super pursuit, Latypov, unfortunately, was not allowed on the podium for the problem on the grid. Smolsky, of course, is an ornament of the race, it is a pity that he does not race in the mass start. I would like the organizers to make Anton’s participation possible. Smolsky should get a wild card, because it’s always interesting when the strongest run, and Smolsky, of course, is like that, because he’s the Olympics silver medalist, Guberniev told .
On Sunday, big mass starts will take place at the Russian Championship, watch the live broadcasts of the races on and Match! Arena”, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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