Biathlete Anastasia Khalili On , she said that in the pursuit race of the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Cup stage, she had to immediately try to close the gap with Anastasia Shevchenko after the final firing line, but she chose a different tactic.
On Saturday, Shevchenko became the winner of the pursuit, covering the 10 km distance in 31 minutes 39.3 seconds and without making any mistakes. The second was the winner of the sprint Anastasia Khalili (+6.1; 4 misses), the third was Tamara Derbusheva (+16.1; 4).
— On the second shoot, I took the wind into account, then it got stronger, I had to do more. I doubted it for a long time. I still tried and tried, but unfortunately, I missed it today.
— After the fourth shot, was there an opportunity to catch up with Shevchenko?
– Yes, I should have immediately chased him, but I left for Toma (Tamara Derbusheva). I thought we were fighting for second place. On the way up, I saw that Nastya Shevchenko was not that far away. I realized that I had to run away from Toma and catch up with Nastya. I didn’t have enough distance and I’m climbing today. At the finish line, where I was catching up with Nastya, there were five seconds left in front of her. Then there is a descent, and it is very difficult to gain five seconds on that, probably even impossible.
Consistent first and second places so far. Tomorrow, in the mass start, I am preparing to fight and shoot well,” Khalili said on .
The men’s pursuit will take place later on Saturday. Watch the live broadcast of the race on channel from 11:55 (Moscow time), as well as on sportbox.ru and matchtv.ru.
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