Russian national team biathlete Evgeny Emerkhonov told that athletes who started within thirty seconds of the grand mass start of the Russian Cup stage in Izhevsk had difficulty working from the first meters of the distance.
On Sunday, Emerkhonov finished fourth in the mass start of the Alfa-Bank Russian Cup stage in Izhevsk. The biathlete entered the starting line with number 31. Anton Babikov won.
— Honestly, in a big mass start, it’s never a plus for a biathlete if he leaves within thirty seconds. In such snow you have to walk in the crowd, no one even overtakes. On the first lap, everyone stretched out so much that I was about 30 seconds out of first place. It seems to me that the first group had an advantage, they had the opportunity to make one more mistake, but I didn’t.
— When you lost two rounds at the third shooting range, did you scold yourself a lot?
— I followed Anton (Babikov), neither I could get closer, nor he could move away from me. I approached the counter thinking that I had to work from scratch, but there were unnecessary thoughts. Also, I didn’t approach my pace, so I made these two unfortunate mistakes. But I understood that it is still possible to fight against such mistakes,” Emerkhonov told .
Watch the women’s mass start live now on . You can also follow the progress of the race on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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