MOSCOW, April 3, Sergey Pogrebnyak. Former president of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) ) Vladimir Drachev believes that the head coach of the Russian women's team, Mikhail Shashilov, loaded the team too much. Earlier, the coaching council of the RBU recognized Shashilov's work in the 2021/22 season as satisfactory. «We are unlikely to play at the World Cup next season. But with the current form we would not have been able to compete with foreign competitors, there would have been no chances.If earlier there were at least some options with successful shooting … But this year we lost colossally. I would not talk about any achievements. The team could not digest the volume work that Shashilov gave them. No one could cope with the proposed functional loads,» Drachev said. But n and next year there may be a breakthrough. Let's see what happens next year. But for now, everything is going to the fact that we will not compete in the World Cup,» the former president of the RBU added.
