Biathlete of the Moscow region team Polina Shevnina believes that the organizers of the Alfa-Bank Russian Championship should include the Belarusian anthem at the award ceremony if their athletes win the race.
Shevnina finished second in the pursuit race on Tuesday, but took first place in the final protocol thanks to the winner’s result Anna Sola , who represents the Belarusian national team, is not taken into account. Belarusians participate in the Russian Championship outside the ranking.
— Do you feel like a winner in this race?
— We just discussed that feelings are twofold. I’m not entirely satisfied with becoming the winner. If we talk about the standings of the Russian Championship, yes, there is no doubt about it, we do not have a Commonwealth Cup. Overall, Anya is a great guy. Anya is the champion of the race and I am the champion of Russia.
“Yesterday we observed a nice gesture from Victoria Slivko towards Kristina Reztsova. Can our athletes also give awards to Belarusians if they are higher?
— You can somehow get out of this situation, it happened in Zlatoust. At least play the anthem. Since you invite the Belarusians, you know they can win prizes, so I think there should be a double set of medals. I respect the Belarusians, but our medals should not be taken away from us either. And they are great, and we are great – above all,” Shevnina told .
Watch live broadcasts of the races of the Alfa-Bank Russian Biathlon Championship in Tyumen on the and Match Arena channels, as well as on the sites sportbox.ru and matchtv.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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