MOSCOW, April 1, Alexander Sergeev. Two-time Olympic biathlon champion Dmitry Vasilyev said that the work of the coach of the Russian women's biathlon team Mikhail Shashilov is not successful. On Friday, the coaching council of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) was held in Tyumen, at which the work of the senior coaches of the national team in the season was evaluated. The activities of Shashilov and Yuri Kaminsky were considered satisfactory. «As for Shashilov, the silver medal in the relay played a big role here. Half of the athletes who did not prepare with him provided this medal. And it seems that there is a medal at the Games, well, how can I give an unsatisfactory assessment? That would be strange. Another thing is that when selecting new coaches for next year, the leadership of the RBU should keep in mind who Shashilov is. How he worked all year. He buried so many talented athletes, such as Goreeva, who did not go anywhere at all hit and didn’t show herself in any way, although she is very capable and strong. Even Mironova stopped running with her feet, which always ran. And now she doesn’t shoot and doesn’t run. These are such vivid examples of Shashilov’s activity, «said Vasilyev. «Kaminsky showed a worthy result. This is more a consolidated assessment of two coaches.The same Bashkirov, although he trained his group separately, was formally the head coach of Kaminsky. Only the athletes of the Kaminsky group, then such a result would not have happened,» the specialist added.
