The national team coach believes that Christina will cope with the new psychological burden
Senior women’s coach Ukrainian biathlon team Nikolay Zots said that biathlete Kristina Dmitrenko will receive an additional burden of responsibility for results in the new season.
“We start from different indicators. She is in good condition, but this season she will have other challenges, primarily psychological.”
“Last year she worked without thinking about whether it would work out or not. [показать высокий результат]. It needs to work out, but this is a completely different attitude towards oneself, and how much she can withstand it – we need to see.”
“Everything is fine with her, she is on friendly terms with her head and I am sure she will cope with this. But I would like to see – not even from the point of view of the World Championship, but the overall World Cup standings: how ready she is to bear this psychological burden. Physically – I think everything will be fine, but psychologically – how well she can handle it. But I’m sure she can handle hers. psychology. She was created for this work, for these stressful situations.”
Six athletes made up the entry for the women’s team (including Anna Krivonos and the Merkushina sisters). Dmitrenko was the first to guarantee herself a place in the main team for the World Cup.
The starting stage of the 2024/25 KM biathlon will be held in Kontiolahti from November 30 to December 8. On the first day of the competition there will be mixed and single mixed relays. Also at the first stage there will be a classic relay race, a short individual race, a sprint and a mass start.
Until the end of 2024, three stages of the World Cup will take place – in addition to Kontiolahti, competitions will be held in Hochfilzen (December 9-15) and Annecy (December 16-22).
Source: Sportarena
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