Double Russian champion in biathlon Natalia Shevchenko said in a interview that many fans mistake her for another athlete – Anastasia Shevchenko .
Natalia Shevchenko won gold in the pursuit at the BET Russian Championship with a penalty. For the former skier, this is the second victory of the current Russian championship. She had previously won the sprint. Before the start of the current season, Natalia competed in cross-country skiing under the name Mekryukova.
– I heard that many mistakenly call you Nastya. It does not hurt ?
Yes, people get confused. Even now, after these victories, they wrote to me on social networks: “Nastya, congratulations on the victory.”
“But at the same time, they turned to you? Did you just get the name confused?
– Yes yes. It doesn’t hurt me, but maybe other people would be offended, so I have to correct them and say I’m Natasha. People are just not used to the fact that there are two biathletes Shevchenko.
– The day before yesterday, Nastya told me: “As much as she could, she helped Natasha so much. Now you need to figure out the shooting yourself.
– It’s funny (laughs).
Can you already give shooting tips?
– Probably not. We each have our approach to shooting, Nastya is an experienced athlete, I can’t get into her vision with my advice. Now these are just jokes, I have a lot of mistakes myself. I have just come together for these two departures, I will continue in the same spirit.
“Did you ever shoot a gun when you were a kid?”
– There was a case when at school I had to take part in shooting competitions, where we were given “air guns”. I had no idea where to look and so on. I only liked to break it on my knee, thus reloading it, ”Shevchenko said in an interview with .
On April 1, on , as well as on matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru, watch live broadcasts of the women’s relay (from 8.40 a.m. Moscow time) and the men’s relay (from 11.40 a.m. Moscow time) at Bet Russian Biathlon Championship.
Source : MatchTV
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