Biathlete Karim Khalili told how he came up with the idea to greet the stands at the finish line of the mass start as part of the Alfa-Bank Russian Biathlon Championship, which takes place in Tyumen.
On Saturday, Khalili, who made no mistakes in four stages of shooting, finished first in the mass start, with a result of 41 minutes 27.2 seconds. Belarusian Stepan Danilov took second place and Eduard Latypov closed the top three.
— When did the idea of the gesture towards the stands come to you?
— The idea came during the mass start in Zlatoust, but the gap was not that big, so I decided not to do it. Today the gap allowed it, so I kept it in mind. At the finish line, I stopped and greeted everyone.
— Four lines of fire without misses is solid.
— In the pursuit of the last stage, I overestimated myself a little, I had too much confidence, but it didn’t work. Today I was walking and I thought I can’t do this anymore,” Khalili 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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