It's going to get better (part 2)
Slepov and Volkov, for example, will surely get their chances. But Ivan Cherezov, who ran only one individual race to a place in the top ten, will most likely have to say goodbye to hopes of returning to his former high level. It is not the first year that this award-winning athlete has failed to start showing high results again. The leaders are the same: Martin Fourcade, Emil Svendsen, Bjoerndalen, Jacob Fak... nothing has changed for many years now.
Women
The situation looks worse for women. Here, the best of our athletes is Ekaterina Glazyrina, who took 8th, 20th and 9th places in the individual race, sprint and pursuit, respectively. This allowed her to place in ninth place in the overall standings after the first stage of the World Cup.
Olga Podchufarova performed well. But it's not bad — it's for her, not at all. After all, she did not manage to rise above 11th place in the individual race, and in total she is now in eleventh position.
Yana Romanova performed clearly worse than her abilities. And, most surprisingly, it's not running that lets Yana down, as it used to be, but the accuracy of shooting. Plus, there was a serious drop in the first race, which also affected the result. Yana is currently in 19th place in the overall standings, but for sure she will get closer to her leading teammates in the near future.
Then everything goes much worse. Already quite experienced athletes Ekaterina Shumilova and Daria Virolainen were ranked only 34th and 36th respectively in the overall standings. They drive slowly and shoot inaccurately. Olga Yakushova, the debutant of the main team, failed to demonstrate her high class, taking only 53rd place in the sprint and 38th in the pursuit.
Women's reserves are not as serious as men's. But there is also Evgenia Volkova, who has already won lower—ranking competitions, the IBU Cup. There is also Galina Nechkasova, who will also be given chances. Although we can already say that without Olga Zaitseva and Olga Vilukhina, it will be incredibly difficult for our girls to win prizes. Rather, it will be luck, rather than a natural result. But for sure it will get better, because if it gets worse, it will be a complete "guard". Women's leaders have also not changed for many years now — Daria Domracheva, Kaisa Myakarainen, Valentina Semerenko. Russians will definitely not get into this elite club this season, unfortunately. 1xBet offre aux nouveaux membres une opportunité idéale pour explorer ses fonctionnalités. Le bonus de 100 % jusqu’à 130 € favorise une prise de risque maîtrisée sur le sport. En insérant le code promo 1xbet afrique lors de l’inscription, les joueurs découvrent aussi un bonus casino important de 1 950 € et 150 tours gratuits pour tester différents univers.