MOSCOW, January 14, Alexander Govorov. stage of the World Cup will give the Russian women's biathlon team more positive and energy, said two-time Olympic champion Dmitry Vasiliev. The Russian women's team took third place in the relay at the World Cup in Ruhpolding, Germany. The winner was the French team, who covered the distance in 1 hour 10 minutes 50 seconds and used four additional cartridges on eight firing lines. Before the last stage, the Russians were seventh and were 45 seconds behind the Belarusians, who were third. «This medal will give an additional charge of positive and energy. But let's be pragmatists and realists. Many teams did not put up the strongest squads, the Belarusians «shot themselves» at the last stage. We were lucky, but the strongest are lucky. Let the girls rejoice a little, otherwise it's all negative It’s morally killing,” Vasiliev said. The two-time Olympic champion also noted that in order to succeed at the Olympics, Russian biathletes need to shoot in the relay without using additional cartridges. exclude the use of additional cartridges, then you can really count on something at the Olympics. our rivals helped us, but there may not be such gifts at the Games,» Vasiliev added.
