ANTHOLTS (Italy), January 20, Alexander Govorov. Biathletes of the Russian men's team , who were not included in the application for participation in the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, will perform at the European Championships, said team coach Sergei Bashkirov. On Thursday, as part of the seventh stage of the World Cup in Antholz, Italy, the men's individual race was held, won by Russian Anton Babikov, and his teammate Karim Khalili finished third. Babikov is one of the substitutes for participation in the Olympics. «Babikov and Khalili are great. They took two prizes, which we have not had for a long time. Anton proved that he is a good shooter. He is the closest substitute to the national team, on the eve of the Olympics everything will remain «as it is. Doesn't it seem strange to me that the winner of the World Cup stage will not be at the Games? No, it doesn't. We look at the results through the prism of preparation for the Olympics and the European Championship. The guys who will not be included in the Olympic squad will perform at the championship Europe. What can I say about the performance of Alexander Loginov? Of course, you can’t shoot the way he worked out the “stand” at the last firing line (the Russian made two misses and took seventh place), but in general, the race can be added to his asset, «said Bashkirov to journalists.
