Former head coach of the Russian national biathlon team Anatoly Khovantsev, in a conversation with RBC Sport, assessed the team's performance at the December stages of the Biathlon World Cup as “good” and “excellent”, but criticized the coaches for training athletes.
“If you evaluate the overall performance of the Russian women, you can put the mark“ good ”. For Reztsova - "excellent". Now the national team is rising in the overall team ranking, and this will allow it to declare more athletes for the Olympic starts. Now there will be a pause in the races, so the coaching staff has the opportunity to carry out the necessary rehabilitation and training work with the athletes, ”said Khovantsev.
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“Kristina Reztsova trains a lot with a personal trainer at the base in St. Petersburg. And this season it is already giving results for the whole team. The current coaching staff believes that athletes should "plow". And what do we see? For example, Kuklina used to have problems with speed at a distance, but at the same time showed excellent shooting. Now the athlete has neither one nor the other. How it happened is a question, ”Khovantsev summed up.
On Sunday, December 19, Christina Reztsova finished third in the mass start at the World Cup in Annecy, France. The 25-year-old athlete won a personal medal at the World Cup for the first time in her career.
In addition, for Russian biathletes it was the first award in individual races in the World Cup season. On December 11, they were second in the Hochfilzen relay. The last time until today, Svetlana Mironova won a personal medal as part of the Russian national team, who on December 13, 2019 became the third in the sprint at the Hochfilzen stage.
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