In dueling shooting, it is very important to distract yourself and not get distracted; all biathletes know how to do it, a double Olympic medalist told . Alexander Loginov .
World champion Anton Babikov on Thursday became the winner of the prologue in the duel shooting format before the start of the second stage of the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Cup in Ufa. In the decisive match, Babikov from the “Kings of the Quiet Hour” team, without making a single mistake, defeated Kirill Bazhin (“One Right”). Earlier, Lyubov Kalinina from the Chuck-Chuck Norris team won the women’s category. The next prologue will take place in Tchaikovsky also in the form of a duel filming. Before the start of the tournament, Loginov shot the athletes.
— Filming is a time of work. In any case, everyone, as before regular competitions, must aim. It’s the same thing here.
— Do you often shoot the guys on your team?
– When necessary, I shoot.
— What do you think of the role of shooting coach?
— The person who helps pull is always important, so the role is normal.
—What is the most important thing in dueling shooting?
“It seems to me that one must be able to abstract oneself from everything.” People have been doing this for many, many years, and they’ve done a lot of relay races and mass starts, so they really know how to shoot. They just had to tune in correctly so as not to get distracted,” Loginov told .
The prologue is a pre-start competition organized by the SBR before the main competition program of the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Cup, Championship and Cup of Russia. The biathletes compete in four teams. At each individual stage, the winners of the competition receive 50, 40 and 30 thousand rubles and points for ranking, respectively. The winning team will receive one million rubles at the end of the season.
The second stage of the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Cup will begin on Friday. Watch the live broadcast of the men’s sprint on the channel, starting at 8:35 (Moscow time), the broadcast of the women’s race is scheduled for 11:40 (Moscow time). You can also follow the progress of the competition on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV

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