Biathlete of the Tatarstan national team Evgeny Emerkhonov told that bronze in mixed singles doubles at the Alfa-Bank Russian Championship in Tyumen was for him and Lyubov Kalinina was with a touch of gold.
Emerkhonov and Kalinina took third place in the single mixed relay on Thursday. The first were Evgeniy Garanichev and Victoria Slivko, the second were Ivan Kolotov and Anastasia Zyryanova.
— How did you manage your emotions when you saw your partner shoot?
“I had confidence in Lyuban that she would be able to cope with the shooting. I no longer had confidence in myself. Two years ago, when we finished second at the IBU Junior Cup, I had confidence in myself, but not in her (laughs). Now it’s the other way around,” Emerkhonov told .
“It was very exciting for me to watch.” I didn’t know how to calm down and I was very worried. “I couldn’t find a place for myself,” Kalinina added.
— Do you want to win like Garanichev and Slivko for many years?
– Of course, we try. We try to work only for the highest reward. We do everything to the fullest and then see how it goes. Today it’s a bronze medal for us with a touch of gold. During the season, not everything went well in the individual races, so I wanted to go all out in the team races, ”Emerkhonov responded.
— Lyuba, did participating in the prologue give you energy for the single mix?
– Actually, yes. I was scared and worried about running the 100 meter dash because I’m not a sprinter and it was something new for me. Everything went better than I thought. “I was charged with positive emotions,” Kalinina said.
—And I didn’t even bother to watch the prologue, I went cross country. And then I come running and I see that she is fighting for third place,” Emerkhonov said.
— He didn’t believe in me (laughs). Everyone was pleasantly surprised, including me,” Kalinina added.
Watch live broadcasts of the races of the Alfa-Bank Russian Championship on the and Match Arena channels, as well as on the sites sportbox.ru and matchtv.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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