Belarusian Olympic medalist Anton Smolski said that he does not communicate with foreign biathletes with whom he stood on the podium at international competitions.
Smolsky won the race from the overall start on roller skis on Sunday at the first stage of the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Cup in Sochi.
— I have no contact with anyone, I only communicate with Russians. Dinara doesn’t communicate either. So much time has passed and there are barely any common themes. But I follow certain athletes on social networks: the Norwegian reserve team, Lithuanians, the first 20 in the ranking. I watch what they do, how they train.
I remain of the opinion that we will be among the last to return to the international scene, because firearms are used in our sport. But of course I want to come back. Here we try to maintain the level we have. We need stronger athletes to develop. For me or Latypov, we need irritants like Boe or Samuelsson, who can win every race.
But the Commonwealth Cup, the Russian Championship, in my opinion, are competitions of a fairly high level. I am not afraid of these words, as a leader, it is interesting to speak. Today, I wasn’t thinking about winning: I was both eighth and ninth. We have good competition, only subtle moments decide,” reports the correspondent of , according to Smolsky’s words.
Later on Sunday, will broadcast the women’s mass start live, starting at 1:35 p.m. (Moscow time). The show will also be available on the matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru websites.
Source : MatchTV
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