Belarusian biathlete Anton Smolsky who became the second in the super pursuit at the Russian Championship in Izhevsk, said on that he did not want to overtake the Russian Alexandra Povarnitsyna during the race.
On Saturday, Smolsky won the Super Pursuit qualifier. In the final, Povarnitsyn won, starting 11th, he edged Smolsky by 0.8 seconds. The leading trio was closed by Karim Khalili.
– Everyone expected your fight with Eduard Latypov. You said you’d like to measure your strength with him. Were you upset that you couldn’t compete during the race?
– No, I’m not mad. Edik is a strong guy, so it’s hard to fight him. There are also a lot of strong guys, like Povarnitsyn, so you have more than one Edik. In terms of wrestling, everything is great.
The guys are well prepared, showing good speed over the distance. As for the first border, maybe I didn’t cope morally, there were errors nearby that made it impossible to leave with Edik for the second round, “said Smolsky on the airwaves of the channel. TV game.
– Tell us about the last lap. How did you follow Povarnitsyn and was there a chance to get around him?
– There were chances to move, the track is wide, but Povarnitsyn moved well over the distance, I did not want to go around him. His speed was enough. I wanted to compete at the finish line, but unfortunately the right part of the lane was only rolled up, I went out into the central lane and immediately stopped. A lot of fresh snow fell, the speed turned off. I had strength, I was comfortable, I think we did three laps with Sasha together.
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.
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