MINSK, Sep 16, Alexander Govorov. Ekaterina Bekh's personal trainer Nikolai Lopukhov reported that the biathlete is waiting for the completion of the process of restoring Russian citizenship. In April, Bekh, Oksana Moskalenko and Olga Abramova, who had previously changed sports citizenship from Russian to Ukrainian, were fired by the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine from the biathlon team. After the start of a special military operation, Bekh was forced to leave Ukraine. «She had a difficult health situation. She spent the last year in Ukraine at a low level, there was no health, the shooting went out. The summer was restorative in physical and moral character. To be honest, we «We didn't expect her to perform so well in the sprint in Raubichi. She did a great job, she mobilized. She was very ill at the Seminsky Pass, even had to take antibiotics. We haven't been led to anything yet, now, in fact, it is recovering. Of course, the political situation is very difficult for all of us. It was hard for her, but she is trying. It takes time to restore Russian citizenship. She has handed over her documents, now she is waiting, it is not so easy to solve everything, «said Lopukhov. The coach also spoke about why it was decided to play for the Moscow region. «As for the transition to the Moscow region, I can say that I decided a lot here (vice-president of the Biathlon Union R Russia) Alexey Nuzhdov. He helped financially in terms of organizing the training process. We ourselves approached him, he thought, weighed and gave the go-ahead. After Tchaikovsky, we will go to Yakutia for the first snow, and then we will prepare for the stages of the Russian Cup,» Lopukhov added.
