Three-time Olympic bronze medalist Edward Latypov in an interview with , he said that he would not mind if a strong foreigner appeared in the Russian team.
– Brazilian footballers Zenit Claudinho and Malcolm received Russian citizenship and can play for the Russian national team in the future. How would you react if a strong foreigner appeared in the Russian biathlon team?
– Let it appear, what is it, I’m not sorry about that (laughs). If someone wants to play for the Russian national team and will have such an opportunity, please, but it’s not for me to decide. So we’re going to train together, fight. But I think hardly anyone in biathlon will ask us that (laughs). Although I don’t see anything wrong with that.
For a naturalized biathlete there will be the same selection as for the rest of Russians, the same competition. If you want to win, what difference does it make who you double down on. All the same, you need to conditionally beat a hundred people, you need to be better than all your opponents. If another strong competitor appears in our team, then we must be afraid of him, or what? Of course not. On the contrary, you can only get a positive experience,” Latypov said in an interview with .
From March 27 to April 2, Khanty-Mansiysk will host the Russian Biathlon Championship. Watch live broadcasts of competitions on the channel, as well as on the matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru websites.
Source : MatchTV
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