Eduard Latypov : The men’s biathlon mass start at the World Cup in Annecy gave even more optimistic hopes than the women’s one. But if the girls pleased with the bronze medal of Christina Reztsova, then the men’s five is perhaps the stability of Eduard Latypov. Edik could have become the leader of the overall standings, but he missed three times and did not even enter the top ten at the finish. MK-Sport tells the details.
All of a sudden it all happened. The Russian biathlon team was scolded by everyone from the very first races of the World Cup. And the slugs, they say, they have forgotten how to shoot. Eduard Latypov missed the finish line, Evgeny Garanichev forgot his sticks at the start, Matvey Eliseev complained of isotonic poisoning … Annecy, who almost put on the yellow jersey of the leader. It’s a pity I missed. Three times already.
Edward’s two silver medals in the French stage – the sprint and the pursuit – gave us a chance for a medal in the Sunday mass start as well. And the victory also gave a chance for a yellow jersey, which no one of the Russians has ever tried on since Evgeny Ustyugov . For this it was necessary that the French biathlete Kenten Fillon-Maillet took a place below the second, because Latypov was only eight points behind him.
At first, our Edik was still in the lead, but after the second shooting it became clear that the shooting was not going on, and before the last frontier, another Russian biathlete Alexander Loginov kept the chances for medals . But both Latypov and Loginov missed again. Moreover, Sasha went to two penalty circles.
Loginov’s move was good – he showed the third move in the race. Do not let the shooting down again, the medal would be in your pocket. But alas …Eduard Latypov
Loginov passed only at the very end, let Latypov pass himself around and came fifteenth with four misses. The biathlete’s coach Sergei Bashkirov said that, of course, pressure and a desire to show results affect Sasha. They work on accuracy, they will add. Well, we’ll wait.
Eduard Latypov ended up showing the best time among all Russians, but did not even make it into the top ten. Another Frenchman, Emilien Jacquelin , celebrated the victory , and Fillon- Maillet still became the second. The third was the Norwegian Tarja Be .
Well, why didn’t Latypov succeed? “The state of health was difficult, physical fatigue accumulated. Hence, mistakes in shooting “, – said later on the air of” Match TV “sad Edward.
Other results: Povarnitsyn – 22nd, Khalili – 25th, Serokhvostov – 26th. But as the shooting coach of our guys Maxim Maximov said , there were five Russians in the mass start.
This is comforting, of course. It is believed that Latypov will get to the top too. It is not for nothing that it is one of the most stable this season – in December it never dropped below 12th place.
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