Biathlete Leonid Kulguskin told that the 20 km individual race at the Alfa-Bank Russian Summer Championship in Krasnoyarsk was easier for him than the sprint at the Commonwealth Cup stage.
On Thursday, 19-year-old Kulguskin took third place in the individual race of the national championship, without making a single mistake on four shooting ranges. On September 6, at the Commonwealth Cup stage in Krasnoyarsk, the athlete took 41st place.
“The coaches told me to enjoy it and go calmly, like in training. Well shot. I was told that I was competing for prizes. And you start to realize that you are already among the leaders. You have to find strength in yourself and start working. My head was not spinning. I decomposed competently, despite the fact that they shouted at me: “Add more”. I walked according to what I felt.
— You have only recently competed in the senior juniors, not even in the juniors. Now you are entering the Russian men’s championship. Boys do not run 20 km, they run 12.5 km.
— I already have to run 15 km, because I moved to juniors. Running 20 km turned out to be easier than sprinting.
— Tell me, where are you from and who trains you?
— I trained under Sergei Bashkirov, spent the summer with him. That’s how I trained with my father, Ivan Leonidovich Kulguskin. “I come from the Altai Territory, from the village of Amursky,” Kulguskin told .
On Thursday, the women’s individual race will take place at the Russian Summer Biathlon Championships. Watch the live broadcast from 11:35 on the channel, as well as on the sportbox.ru and matchtv.ru websites.
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