Russian biathlete Edward Latypov on he said he was not surprised by the victory Petra Paschenko at the sprint of the Alfa-Bank Summer Russian Championship in Tyumen, noting that races with the participation of Belarusian athletes are more competitive.
On Saturday, Olympic medalist Latypov finished second in the sprint, making a mistake and losing 2.3 seconds to Pashchenko, who shot flawlessly. Anton Babikov took third place (0 misses, +21.1 seconds).
— During the last descent, half a percent was missing. I lit up, but I understand that I could have run better. I pushed myself, but little things influenced the race.
After the “stand”, they said the gap was 17 or 20 seconds, they said I was gradually gaining. But in the second part of the distance there was no information, I didn’t know what Paschenko’s lead was. There was still one climb left, 200 meters to the finish, they said there was a 3 second lag, then I turned it on to maximum.
Paschenko’s success is no surprise: he was well prepared (at the Commonwealth Cup) in Sochi. There he had problems with his rifle and could not show a good result. I expected to run hard, but I also shot well.
Do I miss Smolsky? Of course I miss it; running with the guys from Belarus is more interesting and more competitive. This encourages me to work a lot more on the track.
Smolsky is gone, but you still haven’t won. Good joke. But Russian athletes are strong, Pashchenko has proven this more than once, there is enough competition at the Russian Championship, I have to shoot accurately,” Latypov said on .
Later on Saturday, a women’s sprint race on roller skis will take place in Tyumen, broadcast on the channel at 11:35 Moscow time. The competitions are also available live on the matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru websites.
Source : MatchTV
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