Despite the fact that Russian biathletes will most likely not take part in competitions under the auspices of the IBU next season, they continue to give fans a lot of reasons for discussion.
What is worth at least the experiment of Irina Kazakevich, who held a training camp in Malinovka together with domestic skiers.
The athlete even took part in the control training of Yuri Borodavko's group and showed the fourth time, ahead of Daria Nepryaeva.
Nevertheless, she was satisfied with the experience and thanked her colleagues for the warm welcome.
“We train in the same team, so, of course, we communicate with everyone, but not so often with Alexander Bolshunov.
The guys train much harder.
We are next to each other in some exercises in strength training, and we had joint training with the girls and Natalya Nepryaeva.
Somewhere I managed to hold on to them, ”Kazakevich shared her impressions in an interview with Metaratings.
Other domestic biathletes did without experiments and continue to prepare according to the plan.
Particular attention is drawn to the group of Artyom Istomin, which brought together some experienced athletes and a large number of talented youth.
In June they worked in Raubichi together with the wards of Sergei Bashkirov, and in July they moved to Izhevsk.
In addition to directly recruiting, some managed to solve problems with rifles.
For example, Daniil Serokhvostov replaced the weapon stock.
A native of Barnaul said that the previous one was made back in 1999 and originally belonged to the Russian champion Elena Shalina.
Work in Udmurtia, of course, is not complete without jokes that help to defuse the atmosphere and make it easier to endure serious workloads.
So, after one of the classes, Serokhvostov, at the request of journalists, drew his friend Karim Khalili.
Daniil portrayed his partner without a T-shirt to make it look prettier, but noted that his press was “slightly crooked”.
But Svetlana Mironova, known for her tough character, sharply responded to one of the subscribers on social networks.
This happened while communicating with fans on the Internet.
While the athletes were asked about the training camp in Izhevsk, the presence of a tattoo, a beautiful lip shape and favorite TV shows, everything was going well.
However, when one of the fans reproached the girl for inflated self-esteem that did not correspond to her results, she could not restrain herself.
“Why are you triggered by my fucking high opinion of myself?”
Mironova wrote in response.
Young girls prefer to spend less time on social networks and work more.
For example, Anastasia Goreeva, who previously, like Kazakevich, studied under the guidance of Shashilov, admitted that she was very happy with the change in the group and at the moment she enjoys working with Istomin and Vitaly Noritsyn.
“They complement each other and make a good plan for us.
I feel it suits me - it turns out to fully fulfill this load, and I grow day by day as an athlete.
Apparently, the previous plan did not suit me, there was a lot of shock work.
Now everything is different, and I like that we have total control - the state is analyzed, often biochemistry, a cardiogram.
And if something is a little bit wrong, they immediately let them recover, ”Goreeva said in an interview with the Championship.
Meanwhile, not even Shashilov suffered the most from the division into three groups, but the head coach of the men's team Yuri Kaminsky, who retained only Eduard Latypov from the leading wards.
Not surprisingly, after some time, he gently criticized the personnel decision.
In his opinion, it is necessary to clearly understand why this was done.
“I would like to clearly understand why the best athletes were divided into different training groups.
The main indicator of the work of national teams is the results of their leaders.
Perhaps a miracle will happen, and at least one of ours will reach the level of Johannes Boe ... In the meantime, athletes of several levels work for coaches: more experienced, younger and very young.
This involves multitasking, ”Match TV quotes the mentor.
According to Kaminsky, he agrees to prepare a reserve for Istomin with an eye on the Olympic Games, but it is necessary to clearly formulate tasks for all specialists.
“There is only one important preference: to train athletes for any length of time.
This is how I work, the longer I know a person, the better I work with him, the higher the results.
Over time, the coach and the athlete begin to understand each other better, ”the coach added.
Fortunately, the routine of preparing for the new season is periodically diluted with good news about the personal lives of certain athletes.
For example, Valeria Vasnetsova, the winner of the Universiade gold medal, married her colleague Rustam Kayumov.
And in another biathlon family, Anastasia and Nikita Porshnev, the first-born was born - daughter Maya.
“That's where we met.
Nikita and I are already waiting.
Meet Porshneva Maya Nikitichna.
She was born exactly at 40 weeks, neither the day before nor the day after.
Punctual,” wrote Anastasia.
The rest of the team continues to train and hope for an early admission to the competition under the auspices of the IBU.
Theoretically, this can happen already at the congress of the international federation in September.
According to the charter of the organization, the suspension imposed on Russians and Belarusians will cease to be valid unless a different decision is made at a specific meeting.
However, many in the national team are already expecting the worst.
Among them is coach Vitaly Noritsyn.
He believes that in the coming season, the domestic team will not be allowed to play at the World Cup.
“You can see from the team that everyone is ready for this, and everyone agrees to compete within Russia.
Not a single person said: "If there is no international season, then that's it, I went."
Everyone is ready, everyone is working and developing,” the specialist emphasized.
Moreover, the schedule of domestic starts is already fully known.
In addition to the Russian Cup, there will be five stages of the Commonwealth Cup with the participation of athletes from Belarus and Russia.
At the same time, it remained unclear until the last moment where the New Year's race, an analogue of the famous city Christmas race in Gelsenkirchen, would take place.
It was assumed that Moscow or Khanty-Mansiysk would accept it.
However, according to media reports, this right may unexpectedly be transferred to Ryazan, where the Almaz biathlon complex was opened in 2015.
However, it is possible that some domestic shooting skiers will not agree to be content with little and decide to change their citizenship.
Lidia Zhurauskaite turned out to be the first sign in this respect.
At the end of July, the corresponding decree was signed by President Vladimir Putin.
Now a native of Murmansk will play for Lithuania and plans to go to the 2026 Olympic Games.
Not everyone appreciated the girl's decision.
So, Kaminsky a little earlier called the change of citizenship by athletes "an unpatriotic act."
Zhurauskaite herself said that in her case there was no talk of betrayal, since in the Baltic States she would receive even less than in her native region.
“I was invited to the team in May 2020, when covid was still raging, and nothing was clear about my future sports future.
The team coach contacted me, then I had a conversation with the president of the Lithuanian Biathlon Federation.
They found me in the protocols of all-Russian competitions.
Just saw a Lithuanian surname.
Even then, we began to collect documents, and in March 2021 it became known that I would be given citizenship, since it is very difficult to obtain it in Lithuania.
Immediately after that, I was invited to the training camp, and since May 2021 I have already trained with the Lithuanian team, ”the athlete explained.
However, in the case of Zhurauskaite, there is no need to talk about a serious loss for Russia, because she did not claim to get into the national team and did not shine even at the stages of the National Cup.