Biathlete Victoria Slivko told that she did not want to overtake anyone personally at the Russian Championship in Tyumen, but first of all she had to fight with herself.
The Alfa-Bank Russian Summer Biathlon Championship begins on Saturday in Tyumen.
— At the Commonwealth Cup stage in Sochi, you collected a full set of medals. What is the minimum goal you set for the Russian Championship?
– Let’s just wish for a personal medal (smiling). In any case, I will try to show good results, because the championship takes place on my track, on my soil. We will try.
— Are there any biathletes that you can now call your main rivals?
— My main rival is myself. Therefore, in any case, I must overcome myself, and then overcome everyone else. Personally, I don’t want to overtake anyone. I just want to be a leader, just (laughs).
— Does the return of Nigmatullina and Reztsova give additional impetus?
“It’s very interesting to watch these girls and how they will perform.” Ulyana has already run, very decently, so tomorrow we are waiting for Kristina to see how she will show herself after the birth of her second child. Today at training I saw that the girls were all excited, everyone wanted to win, everyone was ready, everyone was training, everyone was doing well. Therefore, we will monitor and observe tomorrow. I think it will be very interesting,” Slivko told .
According to the results of the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Cup stage in Sochi, Slivko leads the overall tournament standings, 11 points ahead of second-placed Irina Kazakevich.
All races of the Russian Championship will be broadcast live on the channel and broadcasts will also be available on the matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru websites.
Source : MatchTV
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