Russian biathlete Anton Babikov On , he said he trained for more than two hours before the sprint of the Alfa-Bank Russian Cup stage in Izhevsk due to difficult weather conditions.
On Saturday, Babikov finished second in the sprint with a penalty, losing to Belarusian Ivan Tulatin. The race took place in the snow.
“They didn’t even tell me who the leader was.” It was a difficult track. I saw Povarnitsyn ahead of me and tried to catch up with him, realizing that I needed to set goals on the track, without thinking about the leader.
—Was it helpful that Povarnitsyn collected all the snow on himself?
“I don’t know, everything or not everything, but purely psychologically it was easier, I saw the back in front of me, I tried to catch up.
I am very happy that everything happened this way. I wanted to show the result before a little break to be sure of the preparation. I made a mistake in the standing shot, but on the track, despite the difficult conditions, I managed to compete well.
“We lost to the Belarusians the whole month of January. It hurts, don’t you agree?
– I agree, it hurts. Your job is to criticize us, but we must recognize that the Belarusians did well in Raubichi. So Smolsky was the best. Now he’s sick and the rest of the guys are better. They had a really good change of direction. Without a doubt it is a very strong team, we can only congratulate them not only for keeping an athlete, but also for the good performance of everyone.
— Is it more interesting when the Belarusians beat you?
– Of course, we are satisfied with the competition, we do not lose motivation, we are not offended by it. We ourselves want to work better and earn.
—How difficult was it to ski in such a mess?
“I have been here for three hours now; I came to unwind my skis more than two hours before departure. » I rode and rode 15 km before the race. I got used to such a difficult track, I managed to work and adapt to the distance,” Babikov said on .
On Saturday, Izhevsk will also host a women’s sprint; watch the live broadcast from 12:35 p.m. on the channel, as well as on the matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru sites.
Source : MatchTV
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