Russian national team biathlete Evgeny Emerkhonov told that during the period of unsuccessful presentations, he did not understand why he was training and what he was heading towards.
Emerkhonov finished fourth in the mass start of the Alfa-Bank Russian Cup stage in Izhevsk on Sunday. In the individual race he took 24th place, in the sprint he took 37th.
— Did this result help you feel more confident after a series of failures?
– Of course, it is always very important to place in the top six or ten. Then you realize that you’re training for a reason, it’s not for nothing that you worked hard this summer. Of course, the motivation to work harder immediately increases. When you finish 30th, all kinds of thoughts appear in your mind. You don’t understand why you are doing this and why? I think everyone had such thoughts. There is a kind of confusion in your head and a lack of understanding of what you are heading towards. It looks like you worked all summer, there are no failures, but you are regressing.
— In the Russian team, don’t you discuss the victories of the Belarusians over you?
– This is good, because you not only have to compete with your own people. The Belarusians are very strong, I remember how they forced the fight at the World Cup. It’s great that we have the opportunity to compete with them.
— When will the Russian team beat the Belarusians?
– Let him win. Today Anton (Babikov) won.
— He is not part of the Russian team.
“Our time will come,” Emerkhonov told .
Later on Sunday, the women’s mass start will take place in Izhevsk; watch the race live these minutes on the channel and on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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