“Many skiers are afraid to try new things, although they may want to” – Natalia Shevchenko on the transition to biathlon

Biathlete Natalia Shevchenko said her former cross-country partners were afraid to try new things, but her family and coach Mikhail Shashilov once convinced her to try a new sport.

On Monday, former skier Shevchenko won her first biathlon victory. The athlete overcame the distance in the sprint race at the Russian Championship in 24 minutes 22.5 seconds and shot zero on the lines. Before the start of the current season, she competed in cross-country skiing under the name Mekryukova.

— The coolest emotions now. For the past two or three days, I’ve lived with this thought: how cool it would be to become Russian champion in the first year, especially in the individual race. A year ago, coming to the group of Mikhail Viktorovich Shashilov, I could not imagine such a result. I thought for a year I would get involved and learn to shoot. But everything happened very quickly. The first basics of shooting were given to me by Mikhail Viktorovich, then shooting coach Yuri Iosifovich Vdovin accompanied me to three or four training camps, and lessons from Nikolai Stepanovich Zagursky helped a lot. In fact, I’m not such a great shooter yet, I can just concentrate, ”reports the correspondent, in the words of Shevchenko.

– Do you already have the first category?

– Yes, this year I have already completed the “master”, it’s just that there are problems with the documents, so next year the “master of sports” will be written. Perhaps this result will attract the attention of skiers who want it, but are afraid. There are actually a lot of people who are afraid to try something new. I was also scared, but my relatives and Mikhail Viktorovich assured me that everything would be fine.

“Have you watched the Russian Ski Championship?”

“Yes, but I didn’t feel like I didn’t belong, that I needed to be there, not here. I immersed myself in biathlon with interest, I had no desire to return.

Maybe try ski jumping?

— No (laughs), I’m not interested.

The pursuit races of the Russian Championship will take place on Tuesday. The men will start at 9:00 a.m. Moscow time, the women at 12:00 p.m. Watch live broadcasts of the chases on , Match! Arena” and “Match! Country”, as well as the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.

Source : MatchTV

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