Russia (bbabo.net) - The coaching staff of the Russian national biathlon team has determined the composition of the teams for the January stages of the World Cup. They will be led by Eduard Latypov and Kristina Reztsova, who won two silver and bronze medals at the start in Annecy, respectively.
The senior coach of the men's team, Yuri Kaminsky, noted that those who have fulfilled the criteria remain at the World Cup. In addition to Latypov, these are Alexander Loginov, Karim Khalili, Daniil Serokhvostov, Alexander Povarnitsyn.
- To them we will add at least one more stage, only seven people. In our IBU Cup, the guys perform with dignity, and we want to check all the candidates with an eye to the Olympics, '' the press service of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) quotes Kaminsky. - Therefore, we transfer Vasily Tomshin to the IBU Cup and start Anton Babikov and Maxim Tsvetkov on the stage in Oberhof. And do not forget that we have a decisive struggle for Olympic quotas.
Mikhail Shashilov included six athletes in the list. Reztsova, Ulyana Nigmatullina, Svetlana Mironova and Irina Kazakevich fulfilled the selection criteria. Valeria Vasnetsova got into the World Cup by a coaching decision, and Anastasia Shevchenko - by the results of her performance at the IBU Cup.
The SBR also told where the biathletes will prepare for the first races in the new year. Let's remind the calendar: the World Cup stages will be hosted by the German Oberhof (January 6-9) and Ruhpolding (January 12-16), as well as the Italian Anterselva (January 20-23); The IBU Cup stages will be held in the Slovenian Brezno-Osrblje (January 8-9 and 12-15) and the German Arbera (January 26-30).
The women's team will train in Anterselva. Moreover, in an expanded composition (plus Anastasia Goreeva). The men's team will be divided into groups. The group of Yuri Kaminsky (Latypov, Serokhvostov, Babikov, Mukhamedzyanov) will train in the Bulgarian Belmeken, the group of Seeya Bashkirov (Loginov, Povarnitsyn, Tomshin, Tsvetkov) - in the Austrian Ramsau, Khalili - in the Italian Passo Lavaz.
Recall that after four cup starts, the Russian national team has three silver and three bronze medals. Without victories, we are in eighth place in the medal table. Norway (8-2-6), Sweden (6-3-5), France (4-11-5) are in the lead. In the overall standings of the World Cup, Eduard Latypov occupies the fifth line. Kristina Reztsova has the ninth result. In the Cup of Nations, our men's team is the third, the women's team is the sixth.
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