Senior coach of the Russian biathlon team Yuri Kaminsky reported that athletes were in favor of postponing the Russian Championship races in Tyumen due to the terrorist attack in the Crocus City Hall concert hall in Krasnogorsk.
On March 23 and 24, the competition was scheduled to include sprints and pursuit races, but they were postponed due to the cancellation of sporting events due to the shooting at Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, near from Moscow.
— I understood that the races were postponed. We sympathize with the victims and their loved ones. We must come together as a country in this mourning. Well, as far as competitions are concerned, we also understand that competing is not very pleasant in such a situation either. Whatever anyone says, the competition is a holiday. What kind of vacation is this? There will be no vacation. And the athletes themselves are discouraged.
We are waiting to see what happens next. So far, they’ve postponed it to the 25th, 26th. But there will probably still be mourning there, and maybe these bursts won’t happen. Let’s think about what will happen next. We must adapt. But of course we will adapt to our destination,” Kaminsky told correspondent Dmitry Zanin.
Biathlete Anastasia Goreeva added that no one was in the mood during the morning workout.
— I woke up in the morning, I said to Karim: why don’t you get up? He tells me: the races are canceled. What’s a joke? Usually they cancel due to frost. He told me: no, there was a terrorist attack in Moscow. I’m shocked. There is simply nothing to say. We just started training and we don’t feel like doing anything. The entire biathlon world is in mourning. It’s just terrible,” she said.
On Friday evening, unknown assailants opened fire on the Crocus town hall in Krasnogorsk, near Moscow, where a concert by the band Picnic was to take place. Beforehand, several dozen people died as a result of the attack. The Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia has opened criminal proceedings regarding the terrorist attack.
Source : MatchTV
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