Vice President for Competitions of the Russian Biathlon Union (SBR) Ivan Melikhov explained to why the results of the Belarusian Dmitry Lazovsky in the pursuit race at the Commonwealth Cup stage in Ufa have been revised.
Lazovsky came in fifth for the third shot, fired several shots, then informed the judges of a problem with the setup. Later it turned out that a Russian was shooting at Lazovsky’s targets. Pierre Pachchenko , which is why the Belarusian biathlete had to spend extra time in the turn. Lazovsky finished 10th, but after correcting the time he moved to fourth position, occupied by the world champion after the finish. Alexander Loginov . Then the results were changed again – the number of seconds subtracted from Lazovsky’s time was reduced, he rose to sixth place in the final protocol, Loginov became fourth.
— This is because the judges indicated the total time spent by the athlete on the mat. That is, from the moment he arrives until he leaves. When we first looked at the incident, the competition jury took this period as the basis for elimination.
— But did you have to take it off as soon as you raised your hand?
– Absolutely right. From the moment you raise your hand until the first shot. We made a new decision: subtract 30 seconds from the athlete’s finish time. The top six looks like this: Serokhvostov, Bazhin, Latypov, Loginov, Kayumov, Lazovsky,” Melikhov told .
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