“The slide in the last laps was very difficult and there was no strength” – Latypov on bronze in the mass start in the Chechen Republic

Russian biathlete Edward Latypov on he said that he did not have enough strength at the end of the mass start of the Alfa-Bank Russian Championship to compete for a place higher than third.

Latypov (2 misses, +21.4 seconds) completed the top three, Evgeniy Garanichev (1 miss, +27.2) finished fourth. The victory was won by Karim Khalili, who made no mistakes during the four stages of shooting and achieved a result of 41 minutes 27.2 seconds. Belarusian Stepan Danilov took second place (1 miss, 13.5 seconds behind).

– No strength. All devastated. I wanted to have it, but the sliding in the last laps was very tight and I didn’t have the strength.

—Didn’t Garanichev scare you from behind?

“I understood that Zhenya would rush uphill, I tried with all my might to escape. I thought I would catch up with Stepan [Данилова]. And he came closer. But in the end I didn’t have enough strength,” Latypov said on .

The Russian biathlon championship will end on Sunday. On this day, watch the live broadcast of the women’s mass start (from 8:35 Moscow time) and the men’s relay race (from 11:50 Moscow time) on the channel. You can also follow the progress of the races on the sites sportbox.ru and matchtv.ru.

Source : MatchTV

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