Multiple Russian biathlon champion Natalia Shevchenko On , she said that she decided to have eye surgery almost immediately after the sinus operation, as she still left the training process for a month.
On Friday, Shevchenko placed fifth in the sprint of the second stage of the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk. The athlete made a mistake on two shooting ranges and lost to the winner of the race. Tamara Derbusheva 14.1 seconds. In May, Shevchenko announced that she had undergone surgery to correct her vision in the off-season.
— After the operation, I practiced shooting with my eyes closed, lying down, standing, in order to feel the weapon better. Then I started working and by the end of the summer, the shooting stabilized. There was a period of adaptation, because the focus of vision with and without lenses is still different and it was necessary to adapt, but it happened very quickly. Already during the competitions in Krasnoyarsk in September, I did not feel any restrictions.
I also had sinus surgery, as the inflammation needed to be removed, and after that surgery there was a month of stress-free recovery. And my trainer and I decided that since I wouldn’t train 100% for a month, we would have eye surgery at the same time. We agreed on these two operations with the doctors and they gave the green light. It’s just a shame that I gave up on the training process because of this. I think this season I had to heal all my wounds in order to be fully armed in the next Olympic season,” Shevchenko told .
Later on Friday, the men’s sprint will take place in Khanty-Mansiysk. Watch the live broadcast from 11:35 a.m. on the channel, as well as on the matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru sites.
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