Coach Russian national team biathlon Mikhail Shachilov believes that sooner or later Russians will return to international competitions, where they will sing the anthem and the flag.
On Saturday, Tamara Derbusheva, Anastasia Shevchenko and Irina Kazakevich, representing Shashilov’s group, won the first three places in the pursuit race at the Commonwealth Cup stage in Ufa. On Friday, four of Shashilov’s athletes were in the top 6 in the sprint.
— How do you explain the good results of your group?
— There is motivation, they try, they give the best of themselves, they work. Everything is fine.
— It turns out that someone worked less well?
– I don’t know. Lots of everything. The season is long: today it is like this, tomorrow it will not be like that. Just for a moment you’re at the top, then you can quickly slide down. Everything is possible.
— What is the most important thing in your team? Discipline?
– I think so. We have to talk, we have to come to an agreement with the athletes. But this is true for everyone, not just us.
— Would you have performed as well at the World Cup?
— Yesterday’s results would have been around ten, today it’s around the same. It’s difficult to evaluate further, because you have to be there, you have to work there, you shouldn’t be afraid there, you have to run there.
— Who is the best biathlete for the calendar year 2023?
— We all have excellent biathletes and biathletes. We just need to come together and figure out what we’re doing. They will be released anyway, they will not go anywhere. And they will have to fight for the anthem, for the flag, ”reports the correspondent of , reporting Shachilov’s words.
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Source : MatchTV
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