Quadruple European Champion Evgenia Burtasova after finishing fourth in the women’s sprint at the PARI Russian Biathlon Championships, she said she was shocked by the result.
Former skier Natalia Shevchenko won gold in the sprint race in Khanty-Mansiysk with a time of 24 minutes 22.5 seconds. Second was Anastasia Egorova (0; behind – 35.6 seconds), Anastasia Goreeva (2; +1.01.3) closed the top three. Burtasova took fourth place (0; +1.04.7), she has not competed since the Russian Summer Championship.
– At the start, I was already ready to go down (laughs). The track is in very poor condition, broken, it was difficult to find skis and lube. She went to work for Morale-Volunteer.
– You didn’t like it?
– I got it from the atmosphere, they drove the stands, someone, of course, thought that I forgot here? Thank you very much to the coaches, they accompanied me all the way, helped, shouted.
– How do you assess the result?
– Phenomenal, I’m in shock and I can’t walk away yet. I prepared with a new coach, it was a responsibility not to let him down. I wanted to prove myself, I have worked a lot since February, and I would like it not to be in vain.
– What is the reason for the change of mentor?
– There was a bad attitude from the former coach, as if I had already hooked up with the performances. I went to Vladimir Vladimirovich Ivanov, I will work with him, ”reports the correspondent Burtasova’s words.
The pursuit races of the PARI 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 on the channels “”, “Match! Arena” and “Match! Country”, as well as the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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