Why you should watch the World Cup in Nove Mesto.
Russian national team composition
Men: Alexander Loginov, Matvey Eliseev, Evgeny Garanichev, Dmitry Malyshko, Anton Babikov, Alexander Povarnitsyn.
Women: Irina Starykh, Evgenia Pavlova, Valeria Vasnetsova, Margarita Vasilyeva, Ekaterina Yurlova, Anastasia Morozova.
Schedule of the stage in Nove Mesto
December 20, Thursday
19.30 - sprint, men
December 21, Friday
19.30 - sprint, women
December 22, Saturday
17.00 - pursuit race, men
19.00 - pursuit race, women
December 23, Sunday
13.45 - mass start, men
16.30 - mass start, women
The final stage of the Biathlon World Cup before the New Year will take place from December 20 to 23 in the Czech Republic of Nove Mesto. There are changes in the Russian national team. In the program of the stage, in comparison with what was in Pokljuka and Hochfilzen - too. Main questions before the stage.
Will there be new faces in the Russian national team?
Yes. Coaching staff The Russian team announced that, in accordance with the previously stated principle of rotation, changes had occurred in the composition of the national team.
Alexey Slepov and Eduard Latypov went from the men's team to the IBU Cup, and Anton Babikov and Alexander Povarnitsyn were called up from the reserve team instead. Slepov failed all the races in which he participated, and Latypov looked relatively good in his stage of the relay. But at five personal races he has zero points.
There is one change in the women's team - instead of Ulyana Kaisheva, Anastasia Morozova has been called up to the main team. Kaisheva was not ready for the start of the season at all; her inclusion in the team was a coaching decision. Morozova is performing well in the IBU Cup.
What's new in the stage program?
For the first time this season, races will be held from a general start. As you know, athletes from the top 25 get into them overall standings plus the five best based on the results of the previous races of the stage. In this case, it is a classic sprint-pursuit combination. Alexander Loginov will probably run in the men's race, and Matvey Eliseev also has good chances. Irina Starykh will definitely start in the women's race, almost certainly Evgenia Pavlova and Ekaterina Yurlova, and with a high probability Valeria Vasnetsova. Unless, of course, the health of any of the athletes fails.
Will Starykh reach the medal?
The leader of our women's team, Irina Starykh, was incredibly stable in Pokljuka and Hochfilzen. If he continues to perform like this, he will rise even higher from sixth place in the overall standings. By and large, all she needs is a prize place for the result to be not just good, but very good. During her career, she has two podiums at the World Cup stages, but that was five years ago - in Hochfilzen and Annecy.
How will newbies get on?
It will be interesting to see how the athletes called up to the main team will look at the World Cup. Morozova and Babikov are the overall leaders of the IBU Cup. Anton could have returned to the World Cup at the Austrian stage, but a strange thing happened with his non-participation in the relay. Who is right and who is wrong here will eventually become clear. In the meantime, Babikov has an excellent chance to secure a place in the team for the January stages. The same can be said about Alexander Povarnitsyn. Anastasia Morozova makes her debut in the World Cup.
Martin or Johannes?
In Hochfilzen, Martin Fourcade returned to his usual results. In the sprint - silver, in the pursuit - gold. He did not run the relay in Austria. But in the Czech Republic he will run all three races and try to catch up and overtake the current leading Norwegian, Johannes Boe, in the overall standings. However, the younger Be also did not run the relay in Hochfilzen and will defend his leadership in Nove Mesto. So far his superiority is more than solid - 57 points, and excellent chances to meet New Year leader.
Kaisa or Dorothea?
Among the women, the fiercest battle for first place in the overall standings was between Dorothea Wierer and Kaisa Mäkäräinen. The Finn is only seven points behind the Italian. And if both continue to run and shoot the same way as in previous races, they will break away even further from their pursuers. And if they don’t continue, then Anastasia Kuzmina, Paulina Fialkova, Monika Hoinisch, and others are ready to intervene in the fight.
Where to watch the races?
Absolutely everyone seems to know the answer to this question. With Russian commentary of the race in live You can watch it on the Match and Eurosport channels, with commentary in other languages, there are many channels on the Internet. The only question is a precise schedule and habit.
Two stages of the Biathlon World Cup have already passed in the new season 2018/2019. The first stage took place in the Slovak city of Pokljuka, and the second stage took place in Hochfilzen (Austria).
Now all fans are looking forward to the continuation of the competition, which should take place as part of the third stage of the 2018/2019 Biathlon World Cup.
On the evening of Thursday, December 20, the third stage of the Biathlon World Cup of the 2018/2019 season starts in the Czech city of Nove Mesto. The Russian team suffered minor changes before the new stage - the men's half of the team was strengthened by Anton Babikov and Alexander Povarnitsyn, and Alexandra Morozova joined the girls instead of Ulyana Kaisheva. We'll see very soon whether this will help our team win new medals.
Fans are waiting with bated breath for new impressions and the third stage and really hope that the country’s treasury will be replenished with new awards. The last races of the second stage, in Hochfilzen, were not easy for the Russians - we came fourth in the women's relay and fifth in the men's. At the same time, the team’s performance in the first two stages of the Cup cannot be called unsuccessful - several of our athletes are in the top ten, not losing their positions to strong competitors from other countries.
Biathlon World Cup 2018/2013 - race schedule for stage 3 Czech Republic, Nove Mesto
The stage starts with the men's sprint - the race is scheduled for 19.30 Moscow time on December 20. On Friday, December 20, also at 19.30, the young ladies will run the sprint. On Saturday, December 22, the women's and men's pursuits will take place at 17.00 and 19.00, respectively.
The final races of the stage will be mass starts - women will start on Sunday at 13.45, and men on the same day at 16.30 Moscow time.
The broadcast of biathlon races will be shown by the Match-TV channel. The only exception will be Saturday, December 22 - the pursuit will be shown live on the Match! channel. Arena".
Fans will also be able to watch the races online - on the channel’s website and other information sources.
Composition of the Russian national team for the 3rd stage of the Biathlon World Cup 2018/2019
Composition of the Russian national team for the III stage of the Biathlon World Cup
December 20 - 23, 2018, Nove Mesto (Czech Republic)
Men: Alexander Loginov, Matvey Eliseev, Evgeny Garanichev, Dmitry Malyshko, Alexander Povarnitsyn, Anton Babikov.
Women: Ekaterina Yurlova-Perkht, Irina Starykh, Evgenia Pavlova, Margarita Vasilyeva, Valeria Vasnetsova, Anastasia Morozova.
It is planned that Eduard Latypov, Alexey Slepov and Ulyana Kaisheva will take part in the third stage of the IBU Cup in Obertilliach, Austria.
The World Cup stage in Nove Mesto will take place from December 20th to 23rd. The stage program includes sprints, pursuit races and mass starts.
The Russian team, as mentioned above, was replenished with new faces at the stage in the Czech Republic. Anton Babikov arrived with IBU Cup- on the Internet they jokingly say that the athlete was forgiven for his failure in Kontiolahti, where he could not show decent results during the selection for the national team for the first stages. Slepov, in whose place Babikov was actually called, to the great regret of the public, was unable to show decent results at the cup. As for the debutant, Eduard Latypov, he helped the team well in the relay races, but did not earn a single point in the individual events. He has also been removed from the team for now.
As for the female half of the national team, instead of Kaisheva, who, to put it mildly, has become a disappointment for coaches and fans, Alexandra Morozov arrives on the team - for her this will be her debut at the Cup, and therefore, perhaps, the athlete will be able to give a head start to strong competitors.
Biathlon Nove Mesto - forecasts for the third stage of the Biathlon World Cup
The main fight for medals in the Czech Republic will be between eternal competitors - the Frenchman Martin Fourcade and the Norwegian Johannes Boe. Babikov is able to enter the fight for awards, as well as Loginov, who fell heavily, but earned awards at the first stage of the Cup, and at the second he stood firmly on his feet, but was not so active in the fight.
As for women, the winners of the majority of awards will be, as has already become the custom, the Italian Dorothea Wierer and the Finnish Kaisa Mäkäräinen. The German Laura Dahlmeier will also actively join them - no one expected, but she is included in the national team for the stage in the Czech Republic.
Experts believe that Irina Starykh is already capable of reaching a medal among the Russians - she is in the top ten leaders and is showing fairly confident progress this season.
Let us note that at the stage in the Czech Republic for the first time there will be a mass start for men and women - those athletes who were in the first 25 lines of the overall standings at the previous competitions of the stage are included in the race. Also participating are five best athletes based on the results of the last stage of the Cup. No, unfortunately, none of ours automatically participates in the mass start - except perhaps Loginov, who so far stands apart as fourth overall standings. At the same time, everyone has a chance to get to the competitions through sprint and pursuit domestic athletes- you just have to, as they say, want it badly.
The Biathlon World Cup 2018/2019 season starts on December 2, 2018 with a stage in Pokljuka, Slovenia, and ends on March 24, 2019 in Holmenkollen, Norway. Two WC stages will be held in North America
IN upcoming season A-list stars will participate in the biathlon championship: Kaisa Mäkäräinen, Anton Shipulin, Daria Domracheva, Martin Fourcade and others.
The composition of the Russian biathlon team has already been approved. The best of the best will try to show good results and not lose the sympathy of domestic fans.
Composition of the Russian team
The national team has switched to centralized training, and will no longer be divided into groups (except for men's and women's group Certainly). The core, reserve, and even those athletes who joined the national team at their own expense will train together, according to the same program, at the same training camps. In November, qualifying starts will be held, based on the results of which a team will be formed for the first stages of the World Cup.
The conditions in the women's team are the same, except that there is less competition, and two promising athletes went on maternity leave and will miss the next season (Tatyana Akimova and Irina Uslugina).
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Russian men's biathlon team in the 2018-2019 season
Men's and women's Russian teams biathlon in the 2018-2019 season will consist of 8 people. For men, the head coach will be Anatoly Khovantsev, an experienced professional, a master of his craft. Previously worked with the women's national team.
The first stage of the World Cup starts on December 3, 2018 in Pokljuka. The men's team of the Russian national team consists of the following biathletes:
In the upcoming season, there have been some changes in the composition of the national team: instead of Matvey Eliseev, Yuri Shopin and Alexei Volkov, Dmitry Malyshko, Pyotr Pashchenko and Semyon Suchilov will take part in the biathlon competitions.
Matvey Eliseev will be in the reserve team, and Alexey Volkov needs to be shown excellent results in November in a qualifying tournament. Then he will have the opportunity to join the national biathlon team again.
The team has a star of the first magnitude - an athlete on whom fans and coaches place their trust high hopes. It is to Anton Shipulin that Russia owes its bronze in the Nations Cup standings in the 2017-2018 season.
Russian women's biathlon team in the 2018-2019 season
The women's head coach will be Vitaly Naritsyn. Leonid Guryev, Pavel Lantsov and Nikolai Zagursky will also work with him.
The women's biathlon team for the 2018-2019 season consists of the following athletes:
