Russian biathlete Karim Khalili On , he said that he decided to participate in the sprint of the third stage of the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Cup in Raubichi, because he feared the cancellation of the stage of the Russian Championship in Tchaikovsky due to the freeze.
On Friday, Khalili finished 15th in the sprint, with one penalty and 1 minute 45.2 seconds behind the leader. Anton Smolsky won, posting a result of 23 minutes 58.4 seconds. Russian Alexander Kornev finished second (no misses, lag – 24.1 seconds), the leading trio was completed by another representative of Russia Alexander Loginov (no misses, +51.3 seconds).
The first stage of the Russian Championship will take place in Tchaikovsky, Perm Territory, from January 11 to 14. According to weather forecasts, the temperature during the competition days will drop to -23 degrees Celsius. In December, the Russian Cup stage in Tyumen was canceled due to frost; the decision was made on the day of the first race, when all the athletes were already in place.
— The result does not correspond to your status as an Olympic medalist.
— Of course, if we consider the whole, the result is not satisfactory. But depending on the task I set for myself, I exceeded it. After Ufa, I became seriously ill. I could feel it. My training speed decreased significantly after my illness. It was not planned to leave today, but since there would be severe frosts in Tchaikovsky next week and the stage could be canceled, we had to start here, otherwise there could be a break without a start. I completed today’s remote task 100 percent. I didn’t do a very good job on the line, I spent a lot of time on my feet. I had to correct myself, the carpet was very slippery.
— What do athletes say about Tchaikovsky?
– I don’t know who thinks what. We didn’t discuss it. The forecast may change at the last moment, but I would not like the history of Tyumen to repeat itself, when we get there we will wait for departures, but they will not take place.
They won’t be able to replay everything quickly, maybe they can undo it in advance somehow. But again I say the forecast could change,” Latypov said on .
Later on Friday there will be a women’s sprint race, starting at 1:30 p.m. (Moscow time). Watch the live broadcast on the channel, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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