Istomin, coach of the Russian national team: “Mironova is training, but we don’t ask her: “When will you come back?”

Coach of the Russian national biathlon team Artem Istomin told that Olympic medalist Svetlana Mironova maintains her fitness on her own, but there is no question of returning to the team yet.

Last season, the biathlete practically did not compete due to health problems. Mironova did not participate in the first stages of the Alfa-Bank Russian Cup and the Commonwealth Cup in the new season.

— A traditional question for you: how is Svetlana Mironova?

— I don’t know why everyone asks me that (laughs). I think it’s better to ask him.

— Are there any contacts and communications with her? Or some kind of agreement?

— It’s clear that there is contact, but until she is completely recovered, what’s the point (of coming back)? Contact doesn’t have the sense of, “Well, when are you going to get back there?” We communicate like this: “How are you? How do you feel?”

— Is she training?

– Yes of course. She maintains physical activity.

— Are you expecting him on the team?

– Naturally, we are still waiting for Sveta. Now, during competitions, we see girls who competed in the World Cups returning. We just don’t have enough here to set the bar high for everyone. Of course, this is now more about the functional state, the speed. But at the same time, it is clear that after the third stage, everyone’s shots were not satisfactory.

— Based on the way Mironova prepared this summer, were you sure everything would be fine in winter?

— There was hope, yes, but in summer, no athlete ever has confidence, because anything can happen. It happens that in summer an athlete feels very good, but in winter this does not correspond to the results,” Istomin told .

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