Biathlon team composition for the season. The composition of the coaching staff of the Russian biathlon team has been published, submitted to the board of directors. Russian women's biathlon team
Biathlon, World Cup 2016-2017, composition of the Russian national team, race schedule and broadcasts and much more, read in this review.
Biathlon, World Cup 2016-2017: schedule
A joyful event awaits all biathlon fans this Sunday: on November 27, 2016, the new season of this sport finally starts. In Sweden, the first stage of the 2016-2017 World Cup begins on this day.
9 stages of the World Cup will be held throughout Europe, and the competition will end in the Russian Khanty-Mansiysk. At the same time, in the interval of the World Cup, the Biathlon World Championships will be held in Austria.
Biathlon race schedule 2016-2017
World Championships. Hochfilzen, Austria
(February 8-February 19)
Biathlon 2016-2017: race schedule. So, this year the competition will start in a few weeks - November 27 in Sweden, and will end on March 19 next year in Norway. A total of 9 stages are planned, and 10 - the world championship, which will be held in Austria. Each of the places where the World Cup will be organized will have its own program, which traditionally will include relays, pursuit races, individual competitions, sprints and mass starts.
- January 5 (16:15, Thursday) - 10 km sprint, men
- January 6 (16:15, Friday) - sprint 7.5, women
- January 7 (13:30, Thursday) - pursuit race 12.5 km (pursuit), men
- January 7 (16:40, Saturday) - 10 km pursuit race (pursuit), women
- January 8 (14:30, Sunday) - mass start, men 15 km
- January 8 (16:40, Sunday) - mass start, women 12.5 km
- January 5 (12:00, Thursday) - 7.5 km sprint, women
- January 5 (15:00, Thursday) - 10 km sprint, men
- January 7 (12:00, Saturday) - sprint 7.5, women
- January 7 (15:00, Saturday) - 10 km sprint, men
- January 8 (12:00, Sunday) - 10 km pursuit race (pursuit), women
- January 8 (14:30, Sunday) - pursuit race 12.5 km (pursuit), men
- January 11 (16:30, Wednesday) - 4*7.5km relay race, men
- January 12 (16:30, Thursday) - 4*6km relay, women
- January 13 (16:45, Friday) - 10 km sprint, men
- January 14 (16:30, Saturday) - sprint 7.5. women
- January 15 (13:30, Sunday) - pursuit race 12.5 km (pursuit), men
- January 15 (16:45, Sunday) - 10 km pursuit race (pursuit), women
- January 13 (12:00, Friday) - 20 km individual race (“individual”), men
- January 13 (15:30, Friday) - 15 km individual race (“individual”), women
- January 14 (12:00, Saturday) - single mixed relay (super mix)
- January 14 (14:30, Saturday) - mixed relay 2*6+2*7.5km
World Cup. 6th stage, Antholz-Anterselva, Italy (January 17-January 22)
- January 19 (16:15, Thursday) - 15 km individual race, women
- January 20 (16:15, Friday) - 20 km individual race, men
- January 21 (15:30, Saturday) - mass start 12.5 km, women
- January 21 (17:15, Saturday) - 4*7.5 km relay, men
- January 22 (13:00, Sunday) - 15 km mass start, men
- January 22 (16:45, Sunday) - 4*6 km relay race. women
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- January 25 (12:00, Wednesday) - 20 km individual race, men
- January 25 (15:30, Wednesday) - 15 km individual race, women
- January 27 (12:00, Friday) - 10 km sprint, men
- January 27 (15:30, Friday) - 7.5 km sprint, women
- January 28 (12:00, Saturday) - 12.5 km pursuit race (pursuit), men
- January 28 (15:00, Saturday) - 10 km pursuit race (pursuit), women
- January 29 (12:00, Sunday) - single mixed relay (super mix)
- January 29 (15:00, Sunday) - mixed relay 2*6+2*7.5 km
- January 27 (12:00, Friday) - single mixed relay
- January 27 (15:00, Friday) - mixed relay 2*6+2*7.5 km
- January 28 (12:00, Saturday) - 10 km sprint, juniors
- January 28 (15:00, Saturday) - 7.5 km sprint, juniors
- January 29 (12:00, Sunday) - 10 km sprint, juniors
- January 29 (15:00, Sunday) - 7.5 km sprint, juniors
- February 2 (12:00, Thursday) - individual race 12.5, juniors
- February 2 (15:30, Thursday) - 15 km individual race, juniors
- February 4 (12:00, Saturday) - 7.5 km sprint, juniors
- February 4 (15:00, Saturday) - 10 km sprint, juniors
- February 5 (12:00, Sunday) - 10 km pursuit race, juniors
- February 5 (15:00, Sunday) - pursuit race 12.5 km, juniors
- February 3 (12:00, Friday) - sprint 7.5, women
- February 3 (15:00, Friday) - 10 km sprint, men
- February 4 (12:00, Saturday) - 10 km pursuit race, women
- February 4 (14:30, Saturday) - pursuit race 12.5 km, men
World Championship ( World Championships). Hochfilzen, Austria (February 8-February 19)
- February 9 (16:45, Thursday) - mixed relay 2*6+2*7.5 km
- February 10 (16:45, Friday) - 7.5 km sprint, women
- February 11 (16:45, Saturday) - 10 km sprint, men
- February 12 (12:30, Sunday) - 10 km pursuit race, women
- February 12 (16:45, Sunday) - pursuit race 12.5. men
- February 15 (16:30, Wednesday) - 15 km individual race, women
- February 16 (16:30, Thursday) - 20 km individual race, men
- February 17 (16:45, Friday) - 4*6 km relay, women
- February 18 (16:45, Saturday) - 4*7 km relay, men
- February 19 (13:30, Sunday) - mass start 12.5 km, women
- February 19 (16:45, Sunday) - 15 km mass start, men
Junior and Youth Championships and World Championships. Ostrov, Russia (February 22-March 2)
- February 22 (12:00, Wednesday) - individual race 12.5 km, boys
- February 22 (15:30, Wednesday) - 10 km individual race, girls
- February 23 (12:00, Thursday) - 15 km individual race, juniors
- February 23 (15:30, Thursday) - individual race 12.5 km, juniors
- February 24 (12:00, Friday) - 7.5 km sprint, boys
- February 24 (15:30, Friday) - 6 km sprint, girls
- February 25 (12:00, Saturday) - 10 km sprint, juniors
- February 25 (15:30, Saturday) - 7.5 km sprint, juniors
- February 26 (12:00, Sunday) - 10 km pursuit race, boys
- February 26 (13:00, Sunday) - pursuit race 12.5 km, juniors
- February 26 (15:30, Sunday) - 10 km pursuit race, juniors
- February 26 (16:30 Sunday) - pursuit race 7.5 km, girls
- February 27 (12:00, Monday) - 4*7.5 km relay, boys
- February 27 (15:30, Monday) - 3*6 km relay race. girls
- February 28 (12:00, Tuesday) - 4*7.5 km relay, juniors
- February 28 (15:30, Tuesday) - 3*6 km relay, juniors
- March 2 (14:15, Thursday) - 7.5 km sprint, women
- March 3 (13:00, Friday) – 10 km sprint, men
- March 4 (12:45, Saturday) – 10 km pursuit race, women
- March 4 (14:30, Saturday) – pursuit race 12.5 km, men
- March 5 (11:30, Sunday) – 4*6 km relay, women
- March 5 (13:45, Sunday) – 4*7 km relay, men
- March 2 (11:00, Thursday) - 20 km individual race, men
- March 2 (14:30, Thursday) - 15 km individual race, women
- March 4 (11:00, Saturday) - 10 km sprint, men
- March 4 (14:00, Saturday) - sprint 7.5, women
- March 5 (11:00, Sunday) - pursuit race (pursuit) 12.5 km, men
- March 5 (13:30, Sunday) - pursuit race (pursuit) 10 km, women
World Cup. 8th stage, (March 9 - March 12), the championship venue has not been announced
- March 9 (17:00, Thursday) - 7.5 km sprint, women
- March 10 (17:00, Friday) - 10 km sprint, men
- March 11 (14:00, Saturday) - pursuit race (pursuit) 10 km, women
- March 11 (17:15, Saturday) - pursuit race (pursuit) 12.5 km, men
- March 12 (12:30, Sunday) - mixed relay
- March 12 (15:30, Sunday) - mixed relay (supermix)
- March 9 (11:00, Thursday) - 7.5 km sprint, women
- March 9 (14:00, Thursday) - 10 km sprint, men
- March 11 (11:00, Saturday) - women's 7.5 km sprint
- March 11 (14:00, Saturday) - 10 km sprint, men
- March 12 (11:00, Sunday) - mixed relay (supermix)
- March 12 (13:30, Sunday) - mixed relay
- March 17 (16:00, Friday) - 7.5 km sprint, women
- March 17 (18:30, Friday) - 10 km sprint, men
- March 18 (14:45, Saturday) - pursuit race (pursuit) 10 km, women
- March 18 (17:00, Saturday) - pursuit race (pursuit) 12.5 km, men
- March 19 (13:15, Sunday) - mass start 12.5 km, women
- March 19 (15:30, Sunday) - 15 km mass start, men
Europe championship, ( European Championships Biathlon). Duzniki Zdroj, Poland (January 23-January 31)
03.12.2016 16:45 Stage 1. Ostersund, Sweden Sprint 10 km - online broadcasts: ,
12/04/2016 15:20 Stage 1. Östersund, Sweden Pursuit race 12.5 km - online broadcasts: ,
Stage 2 – Pokljuka (SLO)
09 – 11 December 2016
Biathlon World Cup 2016-2017, stage 3: broadcast schedule
Sprint, men
From 19:10 – Match TV, Eurosport
Sprint, women
From 19:10 – Match TV, Eurosport
Pursuit, men
From 16:45 Eurosport
From 17:00 Match TV
Women's Pursuit
From 19:20 Match! Arena
Mass start, men
From 13:25 Match TV
From 13:45 Eurosport
Mass start, women
From 15:55 Match TV
Biathlon 2016-2017: composition of the Russian team
The disastrous performance of the Russian biathlon team last season prompted the team management to make personnel changes. This season there are several new names on our team, although the main focus is still on established leaders.
Men: Anton Shipulin, Evgeny Garanichev, Anton Babikov, Matvey Eliseev, Alexey Volkov, Alexey Slepov, Maxim Tsvetkov, Dmitry Malyshko, Pyotr Paschenko, Yuri Shopin, Semyon Suchilov, Alexander Povarnitsyn, Alexander Dedyukhin, Timur Makhambetov, Dmitry Ivanov, Sergey Korastylev, Evgeny Boyarskikh , Pavel Magazeev, Alexander Pechenkin, Timofey Lapshin, Vyacheslav Akimov, Alexander Babchin.
Women: Anastasia Zagoruiko, Olga Yakushova, Victoria Slivko, Olga Podchufarova, Ekaterina Yurlova, Ekaterina Shumilova, Olga Shesterikova, Daria Virolainen, Galina Nechkasova, Svetlana Sleptsova, Tatyana Akimova, Anna Nikulina, Anna Shcherbinina, Ulyana Kaisheva, Svetlana Mironova, Irina Uslugina, Olga Vilukhina , Ekaterina Avvakumova, Valentina Telitsina, Ekaterina Glazyrina.
Biathlon World Cup 2016/2017: composition of the Russian team for the 2nd stage of the World Cup in Pokljuka
Women: Anastasia Zagoruiko, Tatyana Akimova, Olga Podchufarova, Ekaterina Glazyrina, Svetlana Sleptsova.
Men: Anton Babikov, Maxim Tsvetkov, Matvey Eliseev, Anton Shipulin, Evgeny Garanichev, Yuri Shopin.
Biathlon 2016-2017, composition of the Russian biathlon team for the 3rd stage of the World Cup
The composition of the Russian biathlon team for the 3rd stage of the 2016-2017 World Cup in the Czech Republic was previously announced by the coaching staff.
U men the starting line will be: Anton Shipulin, Anton Babikov, Maxim Tsvetkov, Matvey Eliseev, Evgeny Garanichev and Dmitry Malyshko, and women's team The Russian tricolor will be represented by: Olga Podchufarova, Tatyana Akimova, Ekaterina Glazyrina, Anastasia Zagoruiko and Svetlana Sleptsova.
The third stage of the 2016-2017 Biathlon World Cup in the Czech Republic will be the final one this year. The fourth stage will begin in Germany in January 2017.
Biathlon, World Cup 2016-2017: Stage 4 starts in Germany
The 4th stage of the 2016-2017 Biathlon World Cup will be held in Oberhof, Germany, from January 5 to 8, 2017. The stage schedule includes six races - sprints, pursuit races and mass starts.
Biathlon, World Cup 2016-2017, stage 4: composition of the Russian team
The final composition of the Russian biathlon team for the 4th stage of the 2016-2017 World Cup in Oberhof has not yet been determined, but it is already known that Anton Shipulin, Anton Babikov, Matvey Eliseev, Maxim Tsvetkov, Ulyana Kaisheva, Tatyana Akimova and Olga Podchufarova will definitely perform at this stage .
Biathlon, World Cup 2016-2017, 4th stage: race schedule in Oberhof (Moscow time):
16:15 Women. Sprint. 7.5 km
13:30 Men. Pursuit. 12.5 km
16:40 Women. Pursuit. 10 km
14:30 Men. Mass start. 15 km
16:40 Women. Mass start. 12.5 km
RESULTS
Mixed relay, World Cup in Östersund 11/27/2016
1. Norway – 1:10:57.1 (0+6)
2. Germany +33.7 (0+6)
3. Italy +44.2 (1+12)
4. Russia +44.5 (0+5)
World Cup. Men. Individual race 20 km 01.12.2016
The best of the Russians, Anton Shipulin, finished only tenth.
Biathlon, individual race, men, results: FuRcad is the first, Russia is only tenth
Frenchman Martin Fourcade won the men's individual race at the World Cup in Ostersund, Sweden. He completed the course with two penalties in 51 minutes 33.8 seconds, LiveSport reports.
The second was the Norwegian Johannes Boe (2 misses + 29.5 sec), the third place winner was Belarusian Vladimir Chepelin (1 miss, +1.24.3).
The best of the Russians was Anton Shipulin, who finished only tenth. His time was 54:37.9 and he had 4 penalties. Two more Russian biathletes Tsvetkov (3 misses, +4.12.2) and Garanichev (5 misses, +4.18.5) took 19th and 20th places, respectively.
1. M. Fourcade (France) – 51.33.8 (2 misses)
2. J. Boe (Norway) – gap 29.5 (2)
3. Chepelin (Belarus) - 1.24.3 (1)
10. Anton Shipulin (Russia) - 3.04.1 (2)
03.12.2016 16:45 Stage 1. Östersund, Sweden 10 km Sprint, Women
On December 3, 2016, in Ostersund, Sweden, as part of the first stage of the 2016-2017 World Cup, a women’s sprint took place, in which Russian biathletes performed extremely poorly.
Bitalon, sprint, women: the results are not encouraging: Doren-Habert is first, the best of the Russians is 30th
French biathlete Marie Dorin-Habert won the 7.5 km sprint at the first stage of the Biathlon World Cup in Östersund, Sweden.
Finnish biathlete Kaisa Mäkäräinen finished with the second result, and Czech Gabriela Koukalova completed the top three.
Russian biathletes frankly failed the sprint race. Thus, the best of the Russians was Tatyana Akimova, who took only 30th place (+1.32.5, one miss).
The results of our other athletes: Anastasia Zagoruiko - 42nd place (+2.03.9, two misses), Ekaterina Glazyrina took 44th place (+2.08.3, one miss), Olga Podchufarova finished 52nd (+2.22 ,1, one miss), Svetlana Sleptsova - 61st (+2.49.2, two misses).
Bitalon, sprint, women. Watch online 3.12.2016
https://youtu.be/xgp6k175U2M
Let us note that two of our athletes, Olga Podchufarova and Ekaterina Glazyrina, fell on the track, flying into the bump stop.
Glazyrina falls in the sprint. VIDEO
https://youtu.be/2gyUy4KyU6U
03.12.2016 16:45 Stage 1. Ostersund, Sweden Sprint 10 km, Men
On December 3, in Ostersund, Sweden, as part of the first stage of the 2016-2017 World Cup, the men's sprint took place, in which Russian biathletes again found themselves without medals.
Bitalon, sprint, men: the results are disappointing: Fourcade is first again, the Russians - no medals
French biathlete Martin Fourcade again won his second victory at the first stage of the Biathlon World Cup, held in Ostersund, Sweden. This time Fourcade excelled in the 10 km sprint distance.
Second place went to the Swede Fredrik Lindström, the third place was completed by the German Arnd Peiffer.
The best among the Russians was Anton Babikov, who finished seventh. Maxim Tsvetkov finished in the top ten.
The leaders of our team, Anton Shipulin and Evgeniy Garanichev, were not even included in the top twenty. Shipulin is in 28th place, Garanichev is in 49th place.
Biathlon. World Cup. First stage. Östersund (Sweden) Men. Sprint, 10 km
2. Fredrik Lindström (Sweden) +41.5 (0).
3. Arnd Peiffer (Germany) +43.6 (0).
4. Benedikt Doll (Germany) +44.1 (1).
5. Julian Eberhard (Austria) +46,) (2).
6. Dominik Windisch (Italy) +50.6 (0).
7. Anton Babikov (Russia) +55.6 (0).
8. Simon Dethieux (France) +56.0 (0).
9. Dmitry Pidruchny (Ukraine) +56.5 (0).
10. Maxim Tsvetkov (Russia) +57.3 (0).
10. Simon Fourcade (France) +57.3 (1)…
16. Matvey Eliseev (Russia) +1.06.0 (1)…
28. Anton Shipulin (Russia) +1.25.4 (2)…
31. Dmitry Malyshko (Russia) +1.38.9 (2)…
49. Evgeny Garanichev (Russia) +2.12.1 (3).
Bitalon, sprint, men. Watch online 3.12.2016
https://youtu.be/yeITHTjpKCI
12/04/2016 13:15 Stage 1. Östersund, Sweden Pursuit 12.5 km, Women
The best of the Russians was Anastasia Zagoruiko.
Czech Gabriela Koukalova won the women's 10 km pursuit race at the first stage of the Biathlon World Cup in Ostersund. German Laura Dahlmeier took second place, and Italian Dorothea Wierer finished third. The best of the Russians was Anastasia Zagoruiko, who showed the 29th result, writes Championship.com.
Biathlon. World Cup Östersund. Women. Pursuit race, 10 km. results
1. Gabriela Koukalova (Czech Republic) - 31.43.3 (1).
2. Laura Dahlmeier (Germany) - +8.4 (2).
3. Dorothea Wierer (Italy) - +21.4 (0).
4. Lena Hecky (Switzerland) - +36.3 (0).
5. Kaisa Mäkäräinen (Finland) - +52.7 (4).
6. Lisa-Therese Hauser (Austria) - +1.01.0 (1).
7. Marie Dorin-Habert (France) - +1.15.5 (6).
8. Eva Puskarchikova (Czech Republic) - +1.17.4 (2).
9. Yulia Jima (Ukraine) - +1.21.7 (2).
10. Nadezhda Skardino (Belarus) - +1.29.4 (1)…
29. Anastasia Zagoruiko (Russia) - +3.33.2 (4)…
32. Tatyana Akimova (Russia) - +3.36.1 (5)…
41. Ekaterina Glazyrina (Russia) - +4.15.8 (3)…
45. Olga Podchufarova (Russia) - +4.39.5 (2).
12/04/2016 15:20 Stage 1. Östersund, Sweden Pursuit 12.5 km, Men
Biathlon, men today: On December 4, 2016, in Ostersund, Sweden, as part of the first stage of the 2016-2017 World Cup, the men’s pursuit took place, in which Anton Babikov won gold. Another Russian biathlete Maxim Tsvetkov took second place.
Biathlon, pursuit, men: gold - Russian biathlete Anton Babikov
Russian biathlete Anton Babikov sensationally won the pursuit race at the first stage of the Biathlon World Cup, which takes place in Östersund.
Based on the results of the sprint race, Anton started 7th, but during the course of the race he managed to bypass the formidable Martin Fourcade, who made 4 mistakes at the shooting range, with one mistake.
Another Russian, Maxim Tsvetkov, finished second, and Frenchman Martin Fourcade completed the top three.
The leader of our team, Olympic champion Anton Shipulin, finished only 8th, having made three unfortunate mistakes on the penultimate stand.
Note that the podium in Östersund was the first for Russians in the last 25 races.
Biathlon, men, pursuit December 4, 20016. Watch online broadcast. VIDEO
https://youtu.be/6EvhqwkwVHk
Biathlon. World Cup. First stage. Östersund (Sweden) Men. Pursuit race, 12.5 km
1. Anton Babikov (Russia) - 31.22.3 (1).
2. Maxim Tsvetkov (Russia) +10.5 (0).
4. Arnd Peiffer (Germany) +52.7 (3).
5. Eric Lesser (Germany) +55.1 (2).
6. Simon Fourcade (France) +56.1 (2).
7. Michal Krcmar (Czech Republic) +1.01.1 (0).
8. Anton Shipulin (Russia) +1.02.1 (3).
9. Simon Schempp (Germany) +1.07.5 (3).
9. Johannes Boe (Norway) + 1.07.6 (4)…
17. Matvey Eliseev (Russia) +1.31.8 (4)…
26. Dmitry Malyshko (Russia) +1.46.9 (3)…
30. Evgeny Garanichev (Russia) +2.17.1 (2).
Quite recently, the intrigues and incredible experiences of the last biathlon season ended, as the time came for the 2017 World Cup in this sport. The strongest athletes from France, Germany, Norway, Russia and other countries will compete for the opportunity to lift the coveted trophy and get a check for a decent amount of money.
Unlike the world championship, these competitions are not held at the same time. To win the tournament, you must overcome all nine stages, which are usually organized on different continents, with maximum performance. Therefore, the winner must have excellent physical fitness and a calm character.
2017 World Cup Schedule
Biathlon World Cup 2017 will begin on November 28 this year. It is at the end of November that the first stage begins in the city of Ostersund (Sweden). The tournament will continue until March 19 next year, the last competition day will be held in Oslo (Norway). As a result, this sporting event will continue for six months.
Each stage will last approximately seven days and will include six different types of racing, which will take place in nine cities located around the world. This number of Biathlon World Cup venues has remained unchanged since the 1999–2000 season.
World Cup 2017
At the moment, nine cities have been identified that will host the competition on their territory. One of them is in Asia, and eight others are in Europe.
- Russia – Tyumen
- Norway – Oslo
- South Korea - Pyongchang
- Italy – Antholz
- Germany – Ruhpolding
- Germany – Oberchow
- Czech Republic – Nove Mesto
- Slovenia. – Pokljuka
- Norway – Ostersund
It is especially pleasant to see our Tyumen in the list of cities. Athletes will compete with each other in the Russian city from 03/06/2017 to 03/12/2017.
It's no secret that during the season, in addition to the World Cup, athletes will also take part in other championships. First of all, the conversation is about the IBU Cup and the world championship. At the same time, the individual achievements of athletes at the world biathlon championship next year will be included in the overall ranking of the world cup. As a result, it can be characterized as an additional stage.
Types of disciplines
The following men's and women's disciplines have been determined, in which athletes will find out which of them is better.
- Women's and men's relay: 4x7.5/4x6
- Mixed relay: 2x6+2x7.5
- Mixed single relay: 1x6+1x7.5 km
For both women and men, the mixed relay races have the same distance. But it is necessary to take into account one important point. The thing is that points acquired in all types of biathlon world cup relay races do not count toward the athlete’s overall standings. Only points in individual championships, of which there are four varieties in the tournament, are taken into account.
- Mass start: 15/5
- Pursuit: 5/10
- Sprint: 10/5
- Women's and men's individual race: 15 and 20 km respectively
Potential Winners
The absolute champion of the last few seasons among men is Martin Fourcade (France). This athlete lifted the coveted trophy over his head 4 times from 2012 to 2016. Regarding women, we can say that from among them it is impossible to single out a clear favorite. Over the past five years, Daria Domracheva, Tura Berger, Kaisa Mäkäränen, and Madgalena Neuer have been on the first line. The last two athletes did this twice.
It’s a shame that our biathletes have not often pleased us with victories in this championship. In the Biathlon World Cup, the most titled Russian athlete is Sergei Chepikov. He managed to receive a gold award back in the USSR, at the 1990-1991 tournament. A few years later, already with the Russian flag, Vladimir Drachev turned out to be the best athlete in this tournament (1996).
The situation is approximately similar for our biathletes. Svetlana Davydova and Elena Golovina were World Cup winners in 1991 and 1989, respectively. The last domestic heroine who managed to climb to the pinnacle of fame is Anfisa Reztsova. She managed to become the winner in 1992.
Russian national team composition
To the delight of all fans, the crisis in Russian biathlon has come to an end. All controversial issues regarding doping have been resolved, and young athletes are rapidly rising to the leading positions. Young people are actively fighting for the highest places in any competition.
The men's team of our country is primarily represented by two stars - Evgeny Garanichev and Anton Shipulin. In addition to them, the Russian team’s arsenal includes Alexey Volkov, Alexander Povarnitsyn, Maxim Tsvetkov, Dmitry Malyshko.
Women will also look very worthy at the 2017 World Cup. The obvious leader at the moment is Ekaterina Yurlova. The girl survived a fairly long disqualification, but did not lose her experience and professionalism. I can also compare with her to younger athletes: Daria Virolainen, Elena Shumilova, Olga Podchufarova.
They have already received a lot of awards and titles and are not going to stop there. Let's hope that the experience of past championships will allow the aspiring champions to perform well at the upcoming large-scale tournament.
The 2016-2017 season is over. For the Russian women's team, this year again turned out to be a failure. In this regard, after the last race of the season, the coaching staff receives a huge portion of criticism from former athletes, coaches and fans. In this case, it is impossible to do without criticism: something needs to be changed - the Olympic season is approaching, but there is no women's biathlon in the country. But this criticism should be constructive. One that is based on facts, and not on emotions or desires to promote their daughters to the national team.
Today we will compare the performance of the women's team in the 2016-2017 season with the 2015-2016 season. Let us understand in which direction we have moved this year. We will compare these statistics with those of previous seasons, and also look into the biathlon past for a better understanding of the prospects for Russian biathlon.
Season 2016-2017. Overall standings
Statistics for the overall standings will be built like this: we take the 5 best Russian athletes in the season and sum up their places in the Total. The higher the final number, the worse the team performed.
Last season's World Cup standings looked like this:
We include 5 athletes in the standings:
- Tatyana Akimova. Tanya became the best of the Russian women, taking 16th place in the Total.
- Irina Starykh, who joined the main team only at the World Championships, but at the same time managed to find herself in second position among Russian women.
- Olga Podchufarova, who missed the last 2 stages of the World Cup.
- Ekaterina Glazyrina, who was suspended from competition before the World Cup.
- Daria Virolainen, who spent only the last 2 stages of the World Cup.
Let's summarize the positions of our women:
Let's remember this number. Let's compare it with the 2015-2016 season.
Please note that this season only one Russian biathlete entered the TOP 30. This is the worst performance in the entire history of Russian biathlon.
Season 2015-2016. Overall standings
This is what the overall WC standings looked like at the end of the 2015-2016 season:
- Olga Podchufarova, who missed some of the starts, but still took 16th position. (like Akimova this season)
- Ekaterina Yurlova, who took 20th position and became second among our athletes.
- Daria Virolainen, who rounded out the top thirty.
- Ekaterina Shumilova, who has been in the lineup all season. Katya took 42nd place.
- Tatyana Akimova. Tanya here is a debutant for the national team, who has not completed all the races. 45 position
We get the following numbers:
Season 2014-2015. World Cup standings
This is what Total looked like at the end of the 2014-2015 season:
Please note: all 5 Russian athletes fit on the first screen.
The statistics include:
- Ekaterina Glazyrina, who finished the season in 16th position.
- Daria Virolainen with 16th place.
- Olga Podchufarova, who only ran back half the season, but ended up in 25th position.
- Ekaterina Shumilova with 27th place.
- Ekaterina Yurlova, who only ran back at the end of the season and took 31st position.
There is a clear trend:
- In the 2014-2015 season, 4 athletes made it into the TOP-30.
- In the 2015-2016 season – 3 Russians.
- In the 2016-2017 season there was only one representative of Russia.
The final table for the season looks like this:
Subtotal:
Season 2013-2014. World Cup standings
This is what the KM standings looked like in the Olympic season:
We include in the table:
- Olga Vilukhina, who finished the season in 5th position.
- Olga Zaitseva with 12th place.
- Yana Romanova with her 24th position.
- Irina Starykh with 34th place.
- Ekaterina Shumilova – 37th position.
Season 2012-2013. World Cup standings
The statistics include:
- Olga Zaitseva with 11th place.
- Olga Vilukhina with 12th position in Total.
- Ekaterina Glazyrina – 22nd place.
- Ekaterina Shumilova – 31st position.
- Ekaterina Yurlova – 32nd place.
Our table looks like this:
Season 2011-2012. World Cup standings
This is what Total looked like in the 2011-2012 season:
Statistics include:
- Olga Zaitseva with her 6th position in Total.
- Olga Vilukhina, who rose to 11th place at the end of the season.
- Svetlana Sleptsova with 16th position.
- Anna Bogaliy-Titovets, who won 18th place.
- Ekaterina Yurlova with 37th position.
The tabular statistics look like this:
Second subtotal:
Season 2003-2004. Overall standings
This is what Total looked like in the 2003-2004 season:
The TOP-15 includes 5 Russian women at once. There are 6 Russian women in the TOP-25.
The statistics include:
- Olga Medvedtseva, who competed for the BHG in the Olympic season.
- Anna Bogaliy-Titovets.
- Olga Zaitseva.
- Svetlana Ishmuratova.
- Albina Akhatova
Our table looks like this:
World Cup standings. Final table
Subtotals:
- The regression of women's biathlon in Russia is obvious.
- Every season our team loses ground.
- The 2016-2017 season was the worst in the history of Russian women's biathlon.
- The team is missing. We do not have biathletes who have 100% secured their place in the main team.
- The team leader is missing. There is no athlete in the main team who is capable of competing on equal terms with the leaders of world biathlon.
- The dynamics are negative. Every season our women's biathlon hits a new “bottom”. This means that during the Olympic season there is a high probability of not only a repetition, but even a deterioration of the current positions.
For maximum correctness, we publish the Nations Cup standings for each season under review.
Nations Cup. Test 2016-2017
Nations Cup. Season 2015-2016
Nations Cup. Season 2014-2015
This is where we lost our quota.
Nations Cup. Season 2013-2014
Nations Cup. Season 2012-2013
Nations Cup. Season 2011-2012
Nations Cup. Season 2003-2004
Final table
| Season | Place in the KN standings |
| 03-04 | 1 |
| 11-12 | 1 |
| 12-13 | 3 |
| 13-14 | 4 |
| 14-15 | 6 |
| 15-16 | 6 |
| 16-17 | 7 |
Let's remember this table
And we draw conclusions:
- There is a clear trend in the degradation of women's biathlon in Russia.
- We have the potential to fight for victory in the KN every season. The current crisis is temporary.
- Every year the RBU tries to bring women's biathlon out of the crisis in the same ways. Every year this leads to worse results.
- The likelihood of the trend towards worsening results continuing during the Olympic season is very high. We will fail the Olympics, the entire leadership of the RBU will be removed.
- With those athletes who are in the main team now, we will not achieve results. “Playing up” older, experienced biathletes who run and shoot a little better than young people at the qualifying competitions is the strategy of the RBU in recent seasons. You can see the results of this strategy above. It is ineffective and cannot be effective with athletes who, in principle, can no longer show a decent result!
Preparation plan for the Olympics
We had to think about how to prepare Russian biathletes for the Olympic Games after the Olympic Games in Sochi. But there is no point in regurgitating past mistakes - we see them clearly and must take them into account when moving into the future. Now let's work on the future, which is about to become the present.
To prepare for the Olympics, we need about 10 athletes, with whom individual work must be carried out in the off-season within the framework of the main team. look at:
- Result.
Example: Ekaterina Moshkova, who will be 8th in the sprint at the Chechen Republic, in the 2017-2018 season, with similarly correct preparation, will perform much better than Ekaterina Shumilova with 3rd result in the sprint. Shumilova has revealed 90% of her potential and will no longer jump above her head. It will be difficult to reveal the remaining 10% in the off-season, and it will not give a significant increase in results. Moshkova revealed only 20% of her potential. By the 2018 Olympic Games, another 20% can be revealed, which will ultimately allow Moshkova to perform much better than Shumilova. By the Olympic Games 2022, the same 90% can be revealed. As a result, Moshkova of the 2022 model will bring 2 minutes of Shumilova of the 2018 model.
These numbers are “for stupid people.” For those managers and coaches who cannot think in terms of potentials.
And we are talking here not only about Ekaterina Moshkova, but also about all the girls who can improve by virtue of age, talent and desire.
Let us give one more example so that the selection criteria will finally settle into the minds of those who could not see the reason for the problems of women's biathlon in the tables above.
Conditionally: Svetlana Mironova shows 7th result in the sprint at the Czech Republic with 3 misses. Irina Uslugina finishes 2 with zero and wins 30 seconds over Mironova.
In such a situation, we should prepare Mironov for the Olympic Games, not Uslugin! Although I like Uslugina with her positive attitude, she has no prospects at the Olympics. Uslugina revealed 80% of her talent in biathlon, Mironova - 30%. In the off-season we work on Sveta’s shooting speed and accuracy, invite a coach like Gerbulov to the team, continue to work on her skiing, and at the beginning of the season we get the following picture:
The service has revealed the same 80% of its potential. Ira maintained her level.
Mironova, through fruitful work on shooting, revealed 65% of her potential.
With similarly correct work with both athletes, Mironova will bring one and a half minutes to Uslugina at the start of the next season.
Unfortunately, the logic of the SBR is this: here and now, Uslugina is a little better, so we will work with it.
You need to get rid of this thinking. Only promising athletes should prepare for the Olympics, together with those biathletes who show and can show a decent result.
Based on the results of the 16-17 season, the Olympic team deservedly includes:
- 26-year-old Tatyana Akimova. At the Olympics, Tanya will be 27 – the prime age for an athlete.
- 29-year-old Irina Starykh. Ira will be 30 years old at the Olympics. The old ones are no younger than most age groups, but one thing distinguishes her from Shumilova, Zagoruiko, Sleptsova and Uslugina - the opportunity to show results. With proper preparation, Ira can compete for an Olympic medal.
Only 2 athletes show results. Only they get into the national team thanks to their successful (in general) performances. We select another 8 based on their prospects. The list of athletes who have the opportunity to improve and become part of the main team at the 2018 Olympic Games may look like this:
- 1.. Sveta is 23 years old. I won't turn 24 until the end of the Olympics. The potential is colossal. Taking into account Sveta’s skiing technique and speed, with proper shooting training, Mironova can become the leader of the team already in the Olympic season.
- 2. Ekaterina Moshkova. Now Ekaterina is 21 years old. She will turn 22 in January 2018. The athlete can combine high-quality shooting and high speed of movement along the distance. Judging by the stage in Holmenkollen, Moshkova’s potential and desire are enough for all Russian age athletes combined.
- 3. . Yes, Ulyana still cannot boast of consistent performances, but Kaisheva has clearly improved this season. Ulyana is only 23 years old. She will turn 24 on March 8, 2018. Kaisheva is capable of shooting well and running fast. This is a balanced, tall athlete who, with proper training, can become a finisher for the Russian team.
- 5. Valeria Vasnetsova. A 19-year-old girl (turns 20 at the end of May) can overtake the entire Russian team (except for Svetlana Mironova, perhaps) and conduct simply phenomenal races. Vasnetsova is able to shoot accurately and run quickly. We need to work fruitfully with this athlete now – Lera’s level is higher than the IBU Junior Cup. Valeria's main problem is instability, which is inherent in all (with the exception of Magdalena Neuner) athletes at this age. This is why many of us, and perhaps even Lera herself, failed to see the athlete’s potential in the Holmenkollen sprint. This potential is already much higher than 79th place in the sprint race at the KM stage.
- 6. Olga Podchufarova. Olya is only 24 years old (she will turn 25 in August), which is junior age by the standards of Russian biathlon. Olya may be the clear leader of the team, but now Podchufarova has serious problems with her functional state, which the team doctors cannot identify for some unknown reason. In the 2015-2016 season, they wanted to “take out” the quota for Podchufarova, which caused the 23-year-old athlete to fall into a functional hole from which she has not yet emerged. “Reanimating” Podchufarova is one of the main tasks for TS in the off-season.
- 7. . Daria is already 28 (she will turn 29 in January), but she still cannot reach her potential. Obvious problems with “stand” and psychological instability to defeat are Virolainen’s main problems. Dasha is capable of running fast and shooting accurately, but for this she needs to work on obvious problems in the off-season. Don't focus on the negativity from fans and perhaps ask your mother to be more restrained in her statements. The basis of the negativity towards Virolainen is the absurd statements of Anfisa Reztsova, who openly tries with all her might to promote her daughters to the main team, but in reality only harms them.
- 8. A vacant place that can be given to a promising athlete from the Russian Championship.
At the first stage of the World Cup in the 2017-2018 season, our women’s team may initially look like this:
- Irina Starykh;
- Tatiana Akimova;
- Svetlana Mironova;
Based on the results of the first stage of the IBU Cup, we are adding three athletes from this list:
- Valeria Vasnetsova;
- Ekaterina Moshkova
- Ulyana Kaisheva
- Olga Podchufarova;
As a result, we can get the following composition for the first stage of the CM:
- Irina Starykh;
- Tatiana Akimova;
- Svetlana Mironova;
- Ekaterina Moshkova;
- Ulyana Kaisheva;
- Olga Podchufarova.
Composition for the mixed relay:
- Tatiana Akimova;
- Irina Starykh;
- Alexander Loginov;
- Anton Shipulin.
This is a rehearsal for the mixed relay at the Olympic Games.
Single mixed relay:
- Olga Podchufarova;
- Anton Babikov.
Individual race:
- Irina Starykh;
- Tatiana Akimova;
- Olga Podchufarova;
- Ekaterina Moshkova;
- Ulyana Kaisheva.
- Tatiana Akimova;
- Irina Starykh;
- Svetlana Mironova;
- Ekaterina Moshkova;
- Ulyana Kaisheva.
Such layouts are an example. The human factor cannot be calculated in advance. Ekaterina Moshkova may give up in the off-season, lose 3 minutes to Podchufarova and not even be considered as a candidate for the main team. In the same way, Moshkova can add and bring Starykh a minute, as a result of which she can become a member of the main team without qualifying for the IBU, become the team leader and win Olympic gold. In this example, Katya’s position depends on her, and not on where I or another “couch expert” “puts” her.
The essence remains the same: it’s time for women’s biathlon to move away from the strategy that resulted in the data that you see at the beginning of this material. It is necessary to stop the destruction of women's biathlon by older, unpromising athletes who had dozens and hundreds of opportunities to prove themselves. In the off-season, it is necessary to pay increased attention to young and promising athletes who can improve dramatically. This is the only chance to improve the situation in women's biathlon. This is the only opportunity to win a medal at the 2018 Olympic Games.
The preliminary composition of the coaching staff of the Russian biathlon team for the 2016/2017 season was presented to the Board of the Russian Biathlon Union.
“In the near future, the RBU Board will approve the final composition of the coaching staff,” explained the head coach of the Russian national team, Alexander Kasperovich. - It is planned that the men’s team will prepare for the season in two groups under the leadership of senior coaches Ricco Gross and Andrei Padin. These are equal groups without division into base and reserve. Anton Shipulin and Alexey Volkov will undergo self-training under the guidance of Andrey Kryuchkov and Andrey Gerbulov.
Gross’s group will begin training on May 16 in Tyumen, and Padin’s group began work at the training camp in Belokurikha on May 11. Shipulin and Volkov are now working on individual training plans, and 23 will go to training camp in Belmeken, Bulgaria.
The women's team will undergo training in two groups. Methodological direction and control over the implementation of the training loads of both groups will be carried out by senior coach Valery Medvedtsev under the guidance of the head coach of the national team. Almost all training camps for the women's team will be held in Russia jointly by two groups. On May 13, the biathletes of the women's team go to a recovery camp in Belokurikha.
Mikhail Koloskov will continue to work as head of the service group. In the near future, the service group will go to Austria to select skis for the new season.
The national team’s coaches have a good idea of the candidates for the national team, and the final composition for preparation for the upcoming season will be formed based on the results of the UMO, IVF, and recovery camp.”
PRELIMINARY COMPOSITION OF THE TEAM COACHING STAFF
RUSSIAN BIATHLON TEAMS IN THE 2016/17 SEASON:
Head coach: Alexander Kasperovich.
MEN'S COMPOSITION:
Senior trainers: Ricco Gross and Andrey Padin;
Trainers (Ricco Gross group): Vladimir Bragin, Alexander Popov;
Trainer (Andrey Padin's group): Sergey Bashkirov.
A group of athletes undergoing self-training:
Trainers: Andrey Kryuchkov, Andrey Gerbulov.
WOMEN'S COMPOSITION:
Senior coach: Valery Medvedtsev;
Trainers: Sergey Konovalov, Alexander Degtyarev, Vitaly Noritsyn, Pavel Lantsov.
RESERVE STRUCTURE OF THE NATIONAL TEAM (juniors/juniors/boys/girls):
Senior coach: Maxim Ikhsanov;
Trainers: Alexey Antipov, Pavel Maksimov, Ilgiz Samigullin, Igor Okhotnikov.
SERVICE GROUP IN THE 2016/2017 SEASON
Senior Group: Mikhail Koloskov;
Composition of the core team group: Valery Shashkin, Evgeny Durkin, Pavel Kryuchkov, Alexander Zarovny, Andrey Shatokhin, Vladimir Susoev, Evgeny Permyakov, Ilya Yambaev, Dmitry Blinov, Andrey Kuznetsov.
The final composition will be formed after approval by the RBU Board.
It seemed that all the disputes regarding the last biathlon season had just recently died down and the time for the Biathlon World Cup is coming again, and, therefore, again there is excitement and worry for our team, since at this championship the Russian team will also have serious rivals and competitors, the strength and power of which should also not be underestimated. These are, first of all, Germany, Norway and France. Although at present we, all fans, are increasingly concerned and interested in the question of who will be part of the Russian biathlon team 2016-2017 and on whom the coaches place the most bets and emphasis, from whom they expect high results and performance.
It is worth saying that the extended list included 22 men and 20 women.
As for the list and composition of juniors, it consists of 10 people from each group. Starting from April 20-21, all declared participants in the cup will undergo an in-depth medical examination, based on the results of which the coaches will form the final list of team participants.
The composition of the men's team.
Regarding the preliminary list of the men's team, we can say that it includes the following outstanding athletes, who already have quite a rich and effective experience of participation and victories in various competitions and championships. This:
- 1.Anton Shipulin and Evgeny Garanichev.
- 2. Anton Babikov and Matvey Eliseev.
- 3. Alexey Volkov and Alexey Spelov.
- 4. Maxim Tsvetkov and Dmitry Malyshko.
- 5.Peter Pashchenko and Yuri Shopin.
- 6. Semyon Suchilov and Alexander Povarnitsyn.
- 7. Alexander Dedyukhin and Temur Makhambetov.
- 8.Dmitry Ivanov and Sergey Korastylev.
- 9.Evgeny Boyarskikh and Pavel Magazaev.
- 10. Aleksandr Pechenkin and Timofey Lapshin.
- 11.Vyacheslav Akimov and Alexander Babchin.
Women and their composition.
Regarding the women's team, the following participants can be noted and named. This is Anastasia Zagoruiko, Olga Yakushova, Victoria Slivko, Olga Podchufarova, Ekaterina Yurlova, Ekaterina Shumilova, Olga Shesterikova, Daria Virolainen, Galina Nechkasova, Svetlana Sleptsova, Tatyana Akimova, Anna Nikulina, Anna Shcherbina, Ulyana Kaisheva, Svetlana Mironova, Irina Uslugina, Ol ha Vilukhina, Ekaterina Avakumova, Valentina Telitsina, Ekaterina Glazyrina.
Biathlon World Cup.
The World Cup is a competition and championship, which in many respects and the principle of its conduct differs from the usual tournament. Ask what exactly?
- Firstly, this is a tournament, the peculiarity of which is the fact that it is not held at once.
- Secondly, to become the winner of the cup you need to show and demonstrate the best performance in nine areas, that is, stages. Moreover, each of these stages can be carried out on completely different continents. That is why the winner must truly have good to excellent physical fitness and remarkable composure.
- Thirdly, the duration of the cup. Regarding the start of the competition, it is already known that the tournament will begin on November 28, 2016 and it will start in the Swedish city of Ostersund. The cup will last until March 19, 2017 and will end in the capital of Norway - Oslo. If you do the math, the duration of the cup will be almost 6 months.
- Fourthly, the specifics of the competition stages. Each stage lasts almost exactly 1 week and includes up to six different types of races and relays, which also take place, and is implemented in nine different cities, the list of which is already known and approved. This:
1. Ostersund - Norway.
2. Pokljuka - Slovenia.
3. Nove Mesto - Czech Republic.
4. Oberchow - Germany.
5. Antholz - Italy.
6. Pyogchang - South Korea.
7. Tyumen - Russia.
8. Oslo - Norway.
9. Asia.
As for Russia, the tournament in Tyumen will last from March 6 to 12. At the same time, we should not forget that athletes will be involved not only in the Cup, but also in other competitions. A completely logical and natural question arises, in what? First of all, these are the World Championships and the IBU Cup, and the results shown in individual competitions will be included and counted in the overall ranking of the World Cup.
Types of disciplines.
There are currently seven men's and women's disciplines in the World Cup, each of which has its own characteristics.
- 1. Men’s/women’s relay – 4 x 7.5/4 x 6.
- 2.Single mixed relay – 1 x 6 + 1 x 7.5 km.
- 3. Mixed relay – 2 x 6 + 2 x 7.5.
It is worth saying that the mixed relay distances for both men and women are the same. When participating in these competitions, you should remember one very simple but important rule - points received in all types of relay races do not replenish the athlete’s overall score. After all, only points received in individual competitions, of which there are only four types in the tournament, are taken into account and counted. These are the Individual race, sprint, pursuit and mass start.
I would like to believe that the composition of the Russian biathlon team 2016-2017 and the entire declared list of participants will show good results in the competition and take their rightful place. At the same time, they will delight the audience not only with good results, but also with a wonderful and spectacular show.
