Skier Ekaterina Smirnova after winning the freestyle time trial at the Russian Ski Championships in Tyumen, she said she expected biathletes to take part in the tournament more seriously.
Smirnova won gold in the skating “cup”, showing a result of 26 minutes 9.9 seconds. Biathletes Ekaterina Noskova (+1 minute 35.6 seconds) and Elizabeth Kaplina (+2.13.7) ranked 21st and 33rd respectively.
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– There was no fear that biathletes would be higher?
– During the race, they told me that they already lost a lot on the second kilometer.
– Before the race, what results did you expect from them?
“I relied on Noskova, I thought I could fight, but during the race I completely forgot about it,” the correspondent reports about Smirnova.
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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