Without Shipulin, even more interesting. Why watch the scene in Pokljuka – Biathlon News

Next Sunday, Slovenian Mixed Relay races in Pokljuka will kick off the new season of the Biathlon World Cup. The first step will take a week. Look, it must be. Is not it really interesting to know how the Russian team will behave in the most honest way over the years?

For the first time in many years, the Russian team will start the season without Anton Shipulin. Unusual? You bet He did not finish his career, but the appearance of Shipulin in the national team is possible at the earliest in January. World champions Anton Babikov and Maxim Tsvetkov did not go to the base.

Leadership should take Alexander Loginov. He has long since pbaded age when they speak of perspective. It's time to take a place in the world's biathlon elite. In addition to him in the team Dmitry Malyshko, Evgeny Garanichev, Alexey Slepov, Matvey Eliseev, Edward Latypov. Good composition. No superstars, but strong.

Ekaterina Yurlova, the country's most stable biathlete, stands out in the women's team. She said that she could finish a career, but stayed. Besides her, only Irina Starykh and Ulyana Kaisheva more or less rich performance experience at the highest level. Evgenia Pavlova, Margarita Vasilyeva, Kristina Ilchenko and Valeria Vasnetsova will start the season in the main team for the first time.

All people are like people and he is a superstar. Martin Fourcade for seven years, nobody gives the World Cup. But he did not ask for the start of the season either. The French biathlete now plays Lewis Hamilton. And in the role of Michael Schumacher – Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, holder of many records. Even the great Norwegian did not manage to exceed 100 personal victories in the World Cup. French can do it. I wonder if he will start driving at full speed right now?

In separate races, Martin was beaten by various biathletes. But at the end of the season, he always proved to be the best. Last season, it seemed that the Norwegian Johannes Be was able to fight with Fourcade. But Being younger for the entire season was not enough. Let's see how he starts the new season. If there is someone & # 39; a even among the Russians, for example, it will only be more interesting.

During the off season, one of the main enemies of Russian sport, the Swede Sebastian Samuelsson, has paid a lot of attention to the fight against doping. He was so immersed in this social work that he missed a visit. doping controllers. Certainly, he spoke about it himself – he took an example of the Russian skier Anastasia Sedova. Interestingly, Samuelsson's fuse is already exhausted or is he ready to burn the verb again from the first stage of the new season?

Laura Dahlmeier was part of the German national team at the Pokljuka stage. But his participation in the race is debatable. Dahlmeier took a break from training for a month in October and November, explaining this with health problems. If the leader of the German national team can not start, he will be replaced by Nadine Horchler.

Last season, Kaisa Mäkäräinen literally snatched victory at the Anastasia Kuzmina World Cup. Will this season two world biathlon veterans still fight for victory and how will they run the first race? Maybe the owner of the crystal globe will be someone & # 39; a of those who are not considered favorites? For example, the Ukrainian Julia Jim or the French Justine Breza? After Pokljuka, we clearly see who, in what form, approached the first races of the season.

All races will be broadcast live on match system channels or Eurosport. You can find broadcasts on the Internet. To watch biathlon live, there are no problems. Just follow the program and search for the desired broadcast on the smartphone or click on a small remote from the TV. There are two days left before the start of the season.

The schedule of the first stage of the World Cup

Sunday, December 2
14.00 – single mixed relay
16.30 – mixed relay
Wednesday December 5th
16h15 – individual race, men
December 6, Thursday
4:15 pm – individual race, women
Friday, December 7
4:15 pm – sprint for men
Saturday, December 8
4:15 pm – sprint, women
December 9th Sunday
1:45 pm – pursuit, men
4:45 pm – pursuit, women.