“From July 1, the male groups of Kaminsky and Bashkirov will prepare according to the general plan” – Maygurov

President of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) Viktor Maygurov in an interview with , he clarified information about organizational changes in the training groups Sergei Bashkirov And Yuri Kaminsky .

At the moment, most biathletes train in Sochi in centralized training, Mikhail Shashilov’s group is in Raubichi. In June, Sergey Bashkirov’s group and juniors will hold a training camp in Shchuchinsk, Kazakhstan. In preparation for the season, the SBR, according to Maigurov, proceeds from the fact that it will take place without Russian participation in the World Cup and the IBU Cup.

– We still have four coaching groups, but from July 1, the men’s groups of Yuri Kaminsky and Sergey Bashkirov will prepare according to the general organizational plan, on the same dates, in the same places for training camps . The goal is for the strongest to compete with the strongest. The methodological advice of both groups will be taken over by Yuri Mikhailovich as head coach of the men’s team.

– Didn’t you try to equalize the groups quantitatively?

“Now that’s not the question. The total number of athletes we can involve in centralized training is 32 people. Usually they were evenly split between men and women, this year – 17 women and 15 men We are trying to create higher competition in the women’s team, so we attract female skiers – Natalia Shevchenko, Anna Grukhvina.Of yesterday’s juniors, four were brought up to the national team at once – Anastasia Zyryanova, Anastasia Grishina, Yulia Scheller and Kira Dyuzheva, and only two of the juniors – Denis Irodov and Oleg Domichek. There is no misunderstanding from CSP about this, they support us,” Maygurov told .

Last September, the Congress of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) voted to extend the suspension of the membership of the RBU and the Belarusian Biathlon Federation (BFB).