The coach of the men’s reserve group of the Russian national biathlon team Sergei Bashkirov, in a conversation with , positively assessed the performance of his team at the first stage of the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Cup in Krasnoyarsk.
Evgeny Emerkhonov, Daniil Usov, Denis Irodov, Oleg Domichek, Nikita Blinov and Leonid Kulguskin are preparing in Bashkirov’s group. At the Krasnoyarsk stage, Irodov became third in the mass start, Emerkhonov entered the top 10 in the sprint and pursuit.
— Can you summarize the mini-results of the first part of the competition in Krasnoyarsk for your group?
– The guys are great. Some of them managed to manage the settings better, others a little less well. Overall a positive performance. One of the reasons why the guys performed well is probably the fact that we came here for training camp early, on August 21.
— Some athletes are leaving after the Commonwealth Cup. Will your entire group participate in the Russian Championships?
— The Commonwealth Cup is an international debut, here we represent the Russian national team. At the Russian Championships, athletes will represent their regions. And depending on the attitude of the region, this is what the athletes do. But in general, we would like to go through this competitive block of two weeks of starts and see next week how our situation will change, “Bashkirov told .
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