Biathlete Anastasia Shevchenko could not contain her emotions after winning silver in the individual race at the Spartakiad of the Strongest and noted that she was not offended that she lost to her husband’s sister Natalia Shevchenko .
On Tuesday, Anastasia Shevchenko took second place in the individual race, avoiding penalties in four shooting stages and losing 23.2 seconds to the winner Natalia Shevchenko (1 penalty). Victoria Slivko won bronze (1 failure, +37.5 seconds). The competition takes place in Zlatoust (Chelyabinsk region).
“Now there is a storm of emotions inside, they are overwhelming. They are tears of happiness. For me, it is an inner victory. I overcame myself. I couldn’t pull myself together after the sprints and pursuit races.
Going through what’s wrong with you when you’re one of the best shooters on the team this summer, and then you can’t get two points to zero… Yesterday, I went to the training, Ivan Titov and I helped each other, he explained to me what we could do, I realized the mistake, we did everything well, it’s a crazy joy that after so many failures we managed to draw zero.
My mother supports me a lot. When you can’t finish in the top 10, but you know the progress is good, you can shoot, but it absolutely doesn’t work… I promised my mother that it was my race, where I can get a medal. Mom works at a preschool, hi to her, I know she will reconsider running. Of course, I wanted gold, but I was happy for Natasha, so it wasn’t even a shame to lose. It will give me energy and self-confidence, I hope it will only get better,” Shevchenko said on , barely holding back tears.
On Friday, February 16, a mixed relay race will take place at Spartakiad, watch the live broadcast on the channel from 1:05 p.m. Moscow time, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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