Why you need to watch the World Cup stage in Nove Mesto.
The composition of the Russian team
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.
Stage schedule in Nové 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, 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 20 to 23 December in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic. Changes in the Russian national team. In the program of the stage, compared to what was in Pokljuka and Hochfilzen, too. Main questions before the stage.
Will there be new faces in the Russian team?
Yes. coaching staff Russian team announced that, according to the previously announced principle of rotation, there were changes in the national team.
Aleksey Slepov and Eduard Latypov went from the men's team to the IBU Cup, and Anton Babikov and Alexander Povarnitsyn were called from the reserve team instead. Slepov failed all the races in which he participated, and Latypov looked relatively good in his stage in the relay. But at five personal races he has zero points.
There is one substitution in the women's team - instead of Ulyana Kaisheva, Anastasia Morozova was called up to the main team. Kaisheva was not ready for the start of the season at all, her inclusion in the team by the coaching decision was a mistake. Morozova also performs 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 fall into them. overall standings plus the top five from the previous stage races. In this case, it's a classic sprint-pursuit combination. Alexander Loginov will certainly run in the men's race, Matvey Eliseev also has good chances. In the women's race, Irina Starykh will definitely start, almost certainly - Evgenia Pavlova and Ekaterina Yurlova, with a high probability - Valeria Vasnetsova. Unless, of course, the health of any of the athletes fails.
Will Starykh reach a medal?
The leader of our women's team, Irina Starykh, was incredibly stable in Pokljuka and Hochfilzen. If he continues to perform like this, then from sixth place in the overall standings he will rise even higher. By and large, she lacks only a prize, so that the result is not just good, but very good. During her career, she has two podiums at the World Cup, but that was five years ago - in Hochfilzen and Annecy.
How will beginners run?
It is interesting to see how the athletes called up to the main team will look like in the World Cup. Morozova and Babikov are IBU Cup overall leaders. Anton could return to the World Cup even at the Austrian stage, but a strange story happened with his non-participation in the relay. Who is right here, who is wrong, in the end it will still become clear. In the meantime, Babikov has a great chance to secure a place in the team for the January stages as well. The same can be said about Alexander Povarnitsyn. Anastasia Morozova will make her World Cup debut.
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 get around the Norwegian Johannes Boe, who is now leading in the overall standings. However, the younger Be also did not run the relay in Hochfilzen and will defend his leadership in Nove Mesto. While his superiority is more than solid - 57 points, and excellent chances to meet New Year leader.
Kaisa or Dorothea?
For women, the most intense struggle for the first place in the overall standings unfolded between Dorothea Wierer and Kaisa Mäkäräinen. The Finca is only seven points behind the Italian. And if both continue to run and shoot in the same way as in previous races, they will break away from their pursuers even further. And if they don’t continue, then Anastasia Kuzmina, Paulina Fialkova, Monika Hoynisch, and others are ready to intervene in the fight.
Where to watch races?
Everyone seems to know the answer to this question. With Russian commentary of the race in live You can watch on the channels "Match" and "Eurosport", with a commentary in other languages, there are many channels on the Internet. The whole question is only in the exact 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 the fans are looking forward to the continuation of the competition, which should be held as part of the third stage of the 2018/2019 Biathlon KM.
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 national team underwent minor changes before the new stage - the male half of the team was reinforced by Anton Babikov and Alexander Povarnitsyn, and Alexandra Morozova joined the girls instead of Ulyana Kaisheva. Whether this will help ours to take new medals - we will see very soon.
Fans hold their breath, waiting for new experiences 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 were fourth in the women's relay and fifth in the men's relay. At the same time, it is impossible to call the performance of the team unsuccessful at the first two stages of the Cup - several of our athletes are in the top ten at once, not losing their positions to strong competitors from other countries.
Biathlon World Cup 2018/2013 - race schedule 3 stages 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, ladies will run the sprint. On Saturday, December 22, 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 the 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! Arena".
Fans will also be able to watch the races online - on the channel website and other information sources.
The composition of the Russian team for the 3rd stage of the Biathlon World Cup 2018/2019
The composition of the Russian 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 Uliana 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 20 to 23 December. 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 Web they jokingly say that the athlete was forgiven for the failure in Kontiolahti, where he could not show worthy results in the selection to the national team for the first stages. Slepov, instead of whom, in fact, Babikov was called, to the great regret of the public, could not show decent results at the cup. As for the debutant, Eduard Latypov, he helped the national team well in the relay races, but in personal disciplines he did not earn a single point. He has also been removed from the team for the time being.
As for the female half of the national team, here instead of Kaisheva, who, to put it mildly, became a disappointment for coaches and fans, Alexander Morozov arrives in the team - for her this will be her debut at the Cup, and therefore, perhaps, the athlete will be able to give odds to strong competitors.
Biathlon Nove Mesto - predictions for the third stage of the Biathlon World Cup
The main fight for medals in the Czech Republic will be between the eternal competitors - the Frenchman Martin Fourcade and the Norwegian Johannes Be. 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 stood firmly on his feet at the second, but was not so active in the fight.
As for women, here the owners of most awards will be, as has already been customary, the Italian Dorothea Wierer and the Finn Kaisa Mäkäräinen. German Laura Dahlmeier will also actively join them - no one expected, but she is included in the national team at the stage in the Czech Republic.
Experts believe that Irina Starykh is already capable of “rolling” to the medal from the Russians - she is in the top ten leaders and shows quite confident success this season.
It should be noted 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, at the previous competitions of the stage, got into the first 25 lines of the overall standings, are included in the race. Also participating are the 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 for Loginov, who so far stands alone fourth in the overall standings. At the same time, everyone has a chance to break into the starts through the sprint and pursuit domestic athletes- it is worth it just, as they say, to want strongly.
The 2018/2019 Biathlon World Cup starts on December 2, 2018 with a stage in Pokljuka, Slovenia, and ends on March 24, 2019 in Holmenkollen, Norway. Two stages of the KM will be held in North America
IN upcoming season biathlon championship will be attended by first-rate stars: 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.
The composition of the Russian team
The national team has switched to centralized training, and there will be no more division into groups (except for the men's and women's groups of course). The base, 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 camp. Qualifying starts will be held in November, according to the results of which they will form a team for the first stages of the World Cup.
In the women's team, the conditions are the same, except that there is less competition, and even two promising athletes have gone on maternity leave, and they will miss the next season (Tatiana Akimova and Irina Uslugina).
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The Russian men's biathlon team in the 2018-2019 season
Male and female Russian teams in 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, some changes have taken place in the national team: Dmitry Malyshko, Pyotr Pashchenko and Semyon Suchilov will take part in biathlon competitions instead of Matvey Eliseev, Yuri Shopin and Alexei Volkov.
Matvey Eliseev will be in the reserve team, and Alexei Volkov needs to show excellent results in November in the qualifying tournament. Then he will have the opportunity to again get into the national biathlon team.
The team has a star of the first magnitude - an athlete on whom fans and coaches place big 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
For women, Vitaly Naritsyn will be the head coach. Leonid Guryev, Pavel Lantsov and Nikolay Zagursky will also work with him.
The women's biathlon team for the 2018-2019 season consists of the following athletes:
