"The fault here is universal": what they talked about after the unsuccessful performance of the Russian national team at the World Biathlon Championships

"Not our year"

After the end of the biathlon world championship, which brought the Russian national team only a bronze medal in the men's relay, fans and experts began to look for the reasons for the unsuccessful performance.

Some of them criticized the work of the coaching staff and the leadership of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU), while others tried to evade accusations.

Svetlana Ishmuratova, two-time Olympic champion of Turin-2006, stressed that many are to blame for poor results, and therefore there is no need to blame anyone in particular.

Athletes are responsible for them in the last place, since they did everything that depended on them.

“The fault here is universal.

No need to look for a specific switchman and hang all the dogs on him.

I think we need to figure it out.

Unfortunately, this is not the first year we have had such problems.

It is necessary to watch all this in a complex, "the site of the Match TV channel quotes Ishmuratov.

Despite the general negative impression from the tournament, some specialists prefer to remain optimistic.

So, the 2000 world champion Sergey Rozhkov admitted that not only these competitions, but the season as a whole, did not work out for domestic biathletes.

However, he expressed the hope that next year will be more successful.

“Not our year.

Not our world championship in terms of personal results.

We must prepare for the next one, take into account the mistakes.

It seems to me that next year will be much more interesting ... Before the tournament I didn't make any special bets.

I didn't hope for personal races, but I thought that there would be one or two more medals in the relay races.

It didn’t work out very well ”, - quotes Rozhkov“ Championship ”.

The biggest disappointment was the performance of Alexander Loginov, whose best result in personal races was 10th place in the mass start.

And although he helped the team to win bronze in the relay, some were quick to write him off.

Two-time Olympic champion Anna Bogaliy did not agree with this position.

In her opinion, thanks to hard work, he will be able to return to his previous form.

“I don’t think Loginov’s time is running out.

Anything can happen in biathlon if you shoot flawlessly.

In Pokljuka, Sasha did not fail in speed.

There are only complaints about the rifle uniform, it is necessary to approach this more seriously.

He missed that point a bit in the offseason.

In any case, we saw an excellent race in his performance at the World Cup in Antholz, ”Bogaliy told Izvestia.

The famous commentator Dmitry Guberniev has more complaints about Loginov.

He once again criticized the athlete for refusing to communicate with the press, suggesting that this behavior may partly be the reason for his failures.

“People who justify such actions are not interested in the athlete Loginov.

They are interested only from start to finish, and he doesn't care about Alexander himself.

Norwegian Sturla Legrade stood in line for an interview before the start of the race, and then won.

But not all of ours have grown to this level.

Sasha tries to find something in himself, but it does not always work out.

At the World Championships, he was not ready, and we saw it, ”News.ru quotes Guberniev.

At the same time, the commentator remained in solidarity with the opinion that the senior coaches of the men's and women's teams, Yuri Kaminsky and Mikhail Shashilov, should remain at their post.

Moreover, they need to be given more authority and given the opportunity to prepare domestic biathletes for the 2022 Olympics.

“And I think that we need to finish with self-training of athletes.

All to Kaminsky and Shashilov.

All: Loginov and Khalili, Pavlova and Kaisheva.

Getting ready for the Olympics.

One fist!

This is the only way we will be able to achieve success.

Stop nibbling.

Prepare and prepare again.

With hope for young people who are on their way, especially girls, ”Guberniev is sure.

In turn, the former president of the SBR Vladimir Drachev suggested that the reasons for the failure lie in the new leadership of the organization, which once already "led biathlon to collapse."

“It seems that the Russian biathlon needs it that way, since the delegates vote for them in the elections.

Apparently, our biathlon needs to fall so deep to get out.

We have already reached the bottom.

Everyone who wants to help should sit down and organize some work to correct the situation, ”Drachev complained.

"Something needs to be changed"

Despite the calls of experts not to shift all responsibility to the athletes, some fans considered them to be to blame.

One of the users of social networks called the Russian biathletes mediocre, noting that he achieved more than they.

In response, Larisa Kuklina did not stoop to insults, only urging him to "look at himself in the mirror."

Such a reaction was caused by the post of the biathlete that on the last day of the World Championship she managed to relax and go to Lake Bled, located near Pokljuka.

Larisa's husband Mikhail Kuklin, who is engaged in her physical training, also commented on the picturesque photo.

He called her home in a joking manner to continue training.

In response, biathlete Sergei Korastylev called for the athlete to rest, which surprised her husband.

“I'm sorry, but what did she do at the World Championships?” Kuklin joked.

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World Championship debutant Karim Khalili was pleased with his performance at the tournament.

He took part in the men's relay, and his best result was the sixth line in the individual race.

According to the biathlete, he did almost everything he hoped for this season.

“I think very few people expected some results from me.

But in general, what I wanted at the beginning of the season, I did almost everything.

I wanted to win a medal - it is, I wanted to enter at least the top 10 in my personal race - I did that too.

Well, it turned out to get into the mass start.

Therefore, I can be pleased, considering how difficult it was for my season to start, ”Khalili said.

Matvey Eliseev also commented on the results of the championship of the planet.

He admitted that he had not approached the competition in the best shape.

At the same time, despite the fact that some mistakes were made in the offseason, the athlete does not intend to change his personal mentor.

At the same time, the option of his return to team training or joint training with Loginov is being considered.

“This coach had a special training method that was tested on other people.

It represents a slight overload, and then almost total rest.

I didn't have time to recover from this overload.

Something needs to be changed, but I don't think the coach.

Another mistake was that there was little testing along the way.

I think that I will buy some kind of bike station in order to do tests every two weeks and understand in which direction we are moving, ”Eliseev explained.

In the meantime, the size of the prize money that the Russians will receive for their performance at the World Championship has become known.

Among men, Eduard Latypov earned the most (€ 14,250).

Khalili - € 11,150, which is almost € 2,000 more than Loginov.

Eliseev will get € 7.9 thousand, and Evgeny Garanichev - € 1250.

Prize-winning women are somewhat more modest.

Mironova, Kuklina and Kazakevich will receive € 8.8 thousand, € 1,750 and € 1,450, respectively.