Olympic champion Julia Stupak told that skiers were suspicious of biathletes’ participation in the Russian cross-country championship, as they were sure that they would not impose a fight on them.
Biathletes Ekaterina Noskova And Elizabeth Kaplina participated in the recent Alfa-Bank Russian Cross-Country Championship. Over a distance of 10 kilometers freestyle, they respectively took 21st and 33rd places. In the team sprint, Noskova and skier Alena Perevozchikova won silver medals.
“And I wasn’t surprised. Athletes don’t blow up molehills. Katya is in good shape, she is having a great season, her skis have worked well. Everyone says, “Katya Noskova became the second”, such a pitch, right? But they also became winners of the Russian championship in the team. If his partner had driven a little worse, such a result would not have happened. I was very sober about the result, I didn’t look at it with a veil in my eyes, but to be honest, I liked the idea. I liked that the girls weren’t scared, that people had a wave of expectation: “Yeah, I wonder how they’re going to show up? I love this kind of movement. It seems to me that the girls should come to us as often as possible, impose a struggle and bring us media. It’s very cool, and I think there should be a little more collaboration like that.
– Elizaveta Kaplina said that she did not resent the comments of skiers, if they liked the presence of biathletes at this tournament. But maybe that was because they didn’t know each other closely.
– I will say that there was a lot of such good skepticism. People thought the girls would go through 50 places. But I was interested! I think they are great guys for taking the risk. They weren’t going to fight for 70th place, were they? They understood that they would fight, that they would show their teeth. And the people also raised a wave. Imagine, I’ll take a gun now. Yes, I will go to some places, but it will definitely generate a flurry of interest,” Stupak told .
The channel, as well as the sites sportbox.ru and matchtv.ru broadcast live the finals of the Russian Cup in cross-country skiing. On April 8, the athletes will participate in the sprint, the finals will start at 10:55 a.m. (Moscow time).
Source : MatchTV
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