russian biathlete Elizabeth Kaplina said that if the Beijing Olympic champion in cross-country skiing Veronika Stepanova wants to try his hand at biathlon, then biathletes will teach him how to shoot.
On Tuesday, biathletes Kaplina and Ekaterina Noskova participated in a 10 km time trial at the Russian Ski Championship in Tyumen. The gold medal was won by skier Yekaterina Smirnova with a time of 26 minutes 9.9 seconds, Noskova (+1 minute 35.6 seconds) and Kaplina (+2.13.7) respectively took 21st and 33rd place.
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– You didn’t encourage skiers to go to the biathlon?
– No. We don’t communicate so closely with the skiers. Although we keep in touch mainly with Yegor Sorin’s team. In February, we were at a training camp with them. Nastya Prokofieva took my rifle, rolled with it, even fired a little. She said it was very hard. Veronika Stepanova also wanted to try her hand at biathlon. If they want to try, we’re all for it. Let’s teach! Although we ourselves still have to learn how to shoot.
Did the skiers tease you today?
No, everyone was friendly. There was no such attitude that you came here for. Everyone said it would be interesting to see how we perform here compared to their past. We were warmly received here, – the correspondent reports Kaplina’s words.
shows Alfa-Bank Russian Ski Championship (March 18-26, Tyumen region). Watch live broadcasts of the tournament on the federal channel and thematic channels of the holding, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru. In these minutes, watch the men’s race with a separate start for 15 km.
Source : MatchTV
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