Beijing, Feb 1, Sergey Pogrebnyak. Head coach of the Russian biathlon team Yury Kaminsky said that frosts at the National Biathlon Center in China are a problem before the start of the Olympic Games. On Tuesday, at a training session for the men's team, Russian biathletes, in conversations with the coaching staff, drew attention to frozen fingers. The temperature near the shooting range dropped to minus 20 degrees. «It's very cold. This is a problem that needs to be solved. Of course, the guys will go faster at the races themselves. But there may be a wind that immediately cools the body, especially for the hands. And this is always bad for a biathlete. But we didn’t think about canceling classes, we are Russian people. Frost is normal weather for us. Of course, you can wear thicker gloves, but then you will lose sensitivity when shooting, and this is very important. And warming creams do not help here, we will consult with the doctors,» Kaminsky told reporters. «Taking into account the wind, Latypov already has almost regular shooting. The problem is that here at the shooting range there are gusts that cannot be predicted. In the same Oberhof there was a pattern, there at the fourth and fifth seconds gust. Let's hope that there will be no such sharp gusts during the races. This needs to be trained. But when you come to a rush, nothing can be done. We understood where we were going, and trained all the time with the removal,» Kaminsky added.
