Biathletes of the main Russian team will prepare for the 2026 Olympics, athletes of the reserve team will prepare for the 2030 Olympics, all the strongest will be invited to the base, Vladimir Bragin told , head of the RBU coaching council.
On Thursday, a meeting of the coaching council of the Russian Biathlon Union was held in Tyumen, where it was decided to introduce the format of the main and reserve teams for the 2024/25 season. Last season, biathletes of the Russian national team trained in the groups of Mikhail Shachilov, Artem Istomin and Yuri Kaminsky.
— How do you explain the creation of the main and reserve Russian national teams instead of two equal groups?
— We decided to return to this, as they say, Soviet principle. The situation is such that it is not yet clear when the international competitions will take place, but the focus nevertheless remains on the 2026 Olympic Games. Therefore, we have decided to include older athletes in the team main, who will be ready to compete by 2026, and the reserve team will focus on 2030, that is to say recruiting young people so that they can prepare.
—Who will lead the groups?
— It’s too early to talk about it, I think things will be clear before the end of the competition in Tyumen.
— Let’s say that if Mikhail Shachilov is the main one in the main women’s team, then all the strongest from Artem Istomin’s group should come to him?
— In theory, yes.
-And if they all don’t want to go, then what should we do?
— If someone does not want, then at the council it was announced that self-training is not prohibited, they can easily prepare in the region. All the strongest will be invited to the main team,” Bragin told .
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