ANTHOLTS (Italy), January 23, Alexander Govorov. Russian biathlete Daniil Serokhvostov said that he and Karim Khalili were a little shocked by Anton Babikov's words about the atmosphere in the national team. After Saturday's mass start at the World Cup stage in Antholz, Italy, Babikov said that due to the tension before the Olympic Games, Russian biathletes lack friendly communication. “When Karim Khalili and I watched the broadcast yesterday, we were a little shocked by his words,” Serokhvostov said. “We spend every evening together, at training camps and stages together. I don’t know why he said that. I think he had in not about the relationship between athletes, but throughout the Russian team — girls, staff, coaches, and so on. «On Sunday, the Russian team took second place in the relay, Serokhvostov ran the second stage.» hit, — said the biathlete of the magazine sheets. — At the second line, I accelerated the fourth shot, it went a little lower, but calmly completed it with the «double shot». In fact, if I had run the first race at least, it would have been easier today. I didn’t do any lead-up work, I just skated technical volumes and was already preparing for the Olympics. I would love to run all the races here, but the coaches advised me to take a break. If I had to choose from two, I would run an individual race here. Antholz has a great track, there is nowhere to rest. Which stage did you like the most? Annecy, because there were spectators there. It was the first time I saw so many spectators at the biathlon, it was cool. How was the line-up announced? We watched the live broadcast to make sure we were going.” The Antholz stage will end later on Sunday. The Beijing Olympics will take place February 4-20.
